As Americans are being urged to keep their distance from one another, travelers returning on flights from Europe say they are being made to wait for hours in close quarters at US airports to get screened for coronavirus.
into the US from 26 countries in Europe on Wednesday. The ban went into effect at midnight on Friday, but only after the original announcement sparked chaos at European airports as Americans sought ways to return home before it went into place.
"Seems backwards, as if someone had a fever, they should have been never allowed in these lines for four hours," Schmidt told CNN. Prtizker also told travelers he's spoken with local officials and is working to get the federal government to resolve the issue."The federal government needs to get its s@#t together. NOW," he tweeted.
Katelyn Deibler landed at JFK from Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday afternoon and told CNN it took her more than two hours to complete customs."One was just name, passport number, flight number, seat, address, emergency contact, and details about your trip," Deibler said. But there were not enough copies for all the passengers on the flight and many had to wait for more forms to be handed out.
At least three passengers who underwent screenings at JFK International were sent to hospitals because of their symptoms, a source with knowledge of the CDC coronavirus screenings at JFK told CNN.
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