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Pentagon orders 60-day travel restrictions for military and civilian workers as coronavirus infection spreads

By Jamie McIntyre
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Pentagon orders 60-day travel restrictions for military and civilian workers as coronavirus infection spreads

SOME OVERSEAS TRAVEL HALTED: In a memo issued after President Trump’s announcement last night of a 30-day ban on travel to the United States from Europe, the Pentagon placed additional travel restrictions on all military service members, DoD civilians, and their families.

The new rules, in effect for 60 days, ban travel “to, from, or through” countries designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as Level 2 or 3 locations. Currently, Level 3 countries, which are judged to have “widespread, ongoing transmission,” include Italy, South Korea, China, and Iran. The Level 2 designation, defined as countries with “sustained, ongoing, community transmission,” currently applies to Japan only, according to the CDC.

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