The Trump administration is tracking coronavirus conditions in Mexico and Latin America amid concerns that the situation might deteriorate and drive migration north as cases in the region increase
As the virus sweeps through Latin America, the Department of Homeland Security has focused its attention on hospital capacity in the region, and whether the health infrastructure is equipped to adequately test and treat patients."Like with anything else, you have to plan for 'what if' scenarios," a department official told CNN.
Earlier in the year, the administration restricted travel from China and Iran. It later expanded those restrictions to most foreign nationals who were in Europe's Schengen Area -- 26 countries stretching from Iceland to Greece -- and the United Kingdom and Ireland. Trump has heralded those efforts in his defense of the administration's response to the coronavirus.
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