The State Department announced on March 25 that it has repatriated more than 9,000 Americans from 28 countries in an “unprecedented global effort” amid the COVID-19 pandemic which has seen the closure of borders and suspension of commercial flights worldwide.
The effort to repatriate citizens comes after an estimated 13,500 U.S. citizens were believed to be stranded abroad as of Monday, according to the State Department, as dozens of countries restricted travel and shut off their borders in a bid to slow the transmission of the CCP virus.
