Trump Administration Reportedly Exempts European Students From COVID-19 Travel Ban

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WASHINGTON, July 17 (Sputnik) – International students from Europe are exempt from US travel restrictions imposed due to concerns with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported citing a memo the State Department sent Congress.

The United States has travel restrictions placed on the European Schengen area, the United Kingdom, Ireland, China, Iran, and Brazil.

The European Union has also taken similar action and barred Americans from visiting the bloc due to the high rate of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States.

The United States leads the world in confirmed cases and deaths. As of Thursday evening, the United States has more than 3.5 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 138,000 deaths caused by the disease, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.

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