US to suspend visa services in virus-hit countries including Japan
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) – The U.S. State Department is suspending routine visa services in countries facing heightened travel alerts, including Japan and South Korea, amid the coronavirus pandemic, embassy websites for the two countries showed Wednesday. The move comes as the U.S. government is ramping up efforts to slow the spread of the virus, with President Donald Trump calling it a "war against the Chinese virus" and viewing himself as "wartime president."
Beginning Thursday, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo and all consulates in Japan will suspend routine non-immigrant visa appointments, while most of the services for U.S. citizens will continue. Visa applications that do not require an in-person interview will still be processed.
The State Department decided to suspend visa services in "response to worldwide challenges related to the outbreak of COVID-19," with countries subject to travel advisories higher than level 1 set to be affected, the U.S. Embassy in South Korea said in a statement.
The travel advisory for Japan is at level 2, which calls for U.S. citizens to "Exercise Increased Caution," while that for South Korea is at level 3, or "Reconsider Travel." Trump also said Wednesday that the United States and Canada have agreed to temporarily close their border to non-essential travel, although he added that trade will not be affected.
The administration has already imposed travel restrictions against foreigners from mainland China, where COVID-19 was first confirmed, as well as from Iran and many European countries.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200319/p2g/00m/0na/010000c
and he never made any money on bird flu stocks. Nope, none of that crew did.
very nice
when he hands the chinese a bill for all this it will be based on market values so the higher the starting point…. They can eat the debt as payment.
that is a paper-based market. The spot price derived from a paper exchange.
https://ycharts.com/indicators/comex_silver_futures_open_interest
The prices are being dropped because contracts for delivery are being sold. The system is selling everything to fund itself. Dollar up… everything else down. IF you have phyzz don't sweat the price. You own it. Delivery times are going to increase because of this