Us Lawmakers Quarantined

Two US lawmakers with recent close contacts with President Donald Trump announced Monday that they had decided to self-quarantine after being exposed to the new coronavirus at a late-February conservative conference.

As the US Ambassador to the United Nations embarked on a trip to West Africa, new rules in three US states mandating quarantine for health workers returning from the Ebola-stricken region drew criticism, even as some US lawmakers called for a travel ban on the three worst-hit countries.

Two US lawmakers with recent close contacts with President Donald Trump announced Monday that they had decided to self-quarantine after being exposed to the new coronavirus at a late-February conservative conference.

As the US Ambassador to the United Nations embarked on a trip to West Africa, new rules in three US states mandating quarantine for health workers returning from the Ebola-stricken region drew criticism, even as some US lawmakers called for a travel ban on the three worst-hit countries.