the United States is holding off on
blocking flights from South Korea or
Italy despite the corona virus outbreaks
there it will however implement
heightened medical screening protocols
for passengers from the two countries
acting deputy Homeland Security
Secretary Ken Cuccinelli Nene says this
is in part due to the two governments
being quote so aggressive in
accommodating the medical requirements
of having a successful screening system
setup he added that the US has been
seeing a quote great cooperation from
the two countries he also said the u.s.
is just not as close to China as Korea
or Italy