European experts are alarmed by the US' botched response to to the coronavirus crisis

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• In the initial weeks of the coronavirus crisis, infection rates climbed steadily in the US and Europe, with governments on both sides of the Atlantic slow to respond.
• But more recently, infection rates have sharply spiked again in the US, while across Europe they have steadily declined. 
• Experts from Europe have criticized a series of failings in the US, which they said had left Americans exposed to infection while in Europe, as lockdown eases, infection remains low. 
• The US government imposed lockdown too late then lifted it too early, a leading Danish epidemiologist told Business Insider. 
• Others say the Trump administration ignores scientific data, a recurring criticism. 
• The EU is reportedly considering imposing a travel ban on American citizens, amid concern that US travellers could cause a new increase in infections. 
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Experts in Europe are looking on in horror as the US coronavirus outbreak continues to worsen, in contrast to declines in their own countries.

As the pandemic first began to sweep across the world in the first few months of the year, many nations in Europe were caught off-guard, much as the US was. Infection rates climbed steeply in both continents. 

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