I am an expat USA citizen in Uruguay. 3.4 million people, 27 deaths, under 1000 total reported cases, current sick numbered in dozens. (Compare to Arkansas)
The one case in Paysandú (state) was brought from the USA., recently.

I get emails from the US State Department about flights out of Uruguay that become available, but why would I leave this sane country. My annual regular flu shot is free.

However, Uruguay's northern border neighbor is Brazil making Uruguay like Mexico or Canada.

Russia excluded also? US and Russia in the same sentence, how sick is that? We need to get this criminal out.

and the tubby American tourists in "In Bruges." No bell tower for you this year, "Yankee fucking ****!"

Are they going to prevent people from boarding a plane in the countries that are banned? How would that work given they have no authority in those countries?

Are they going to stop a person at the Customs check? If so, how about all the people who were on the same airplane or ship?

A mandatory facemask requirement for any airline landing planes on their soil would make more sense. Anyone not wearing a facemask properly would be prevented from boarding. Anyone who takes a facemask off or doesn't wear it properly during the flight for anything but drink a liquid for a minute or two should be arrested as soon as the plane lands.

I don't blame them.

I’d best most don’t have passports. But of course most Americans don’t.

I had to run down to Spain yesterday for the first time since March. They did let us in, but there were forms, etc. to fill out, and if you didn't, you were not allowed in.

As for not allowing Americans in, there is good reason for that. We are a very mobile society, and with all the thousands of new infections in states with large numbers of very stupid people, they don't want to risk importing hundreds of new infections that could multiply here just at a time when the numbers are peaking and going down.

The German Health Minsitry published a list of high risk ares from which visitors are required to self-quarantine after returning from there. Spain and France were taken off the list, and the USA was listed state by state. Massachusetts, where we are headed, was not on the list. California, Texas, Florida and most of the southern states were, of course, listed as high risk areas.