The U.S. State Department has announced a global level 4 travel advisory, directing Americans to cease international travel and for U.S. citizens abroad to return home as the coronavirus spreads across the U.S.
“For me, traveling sounded like more of a risk. Because I am in Madrid and would be traveling from here, I have more potential to have this virus and take it back to my family, which I didn’t wait to do,” Zamora said. Forbes
, she received an email from Spain’s Ministry of Education that indicated her job, part of a program that grants visas to Americans to teach English in Spain, may be in jeopardy. Now she is reconsidering her plans. “I wish I had a straight answer like I did 30 minutes ago, but now I don't really know what to expect. If I can pay rent, I’m going to stay here. But if I can't, I’ll have to go crash with my parents, which worries me,” she said.a partial ban“A lot of friends packed up their lives within hours because of that,” Zamora said. “I guess I’ll see where I fall in all of this.”The U.S. has issued increasingly strict travel directives as alarm surrounding the coronavirus pandemic sets in.
, the largest non militarized border on land in the world. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed the news Friday, and said the borders could close as early as Friday.that for the most part only affected foreign nationals. The move still led to some American expats and travelers to flood European airports to get home as soon as they could.Follow me on
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