US dollar bills (L) are placed beside (from top to bottom) Chinese Yuan, Taiwan Dollars, Indian Rupee, Hong Kong Dollars, and Japanese Yen, Taipei, Taiwan.
According to news reports, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has begun to ‘quarantine’ US dollar bills repatriated from Asia to prevent spread of Covid-19 coronavirus.
Regional Fed banks put aside dollar bills returned from Asia for 7 to 10 days before recirculating them in US financial system.
Via EPA-EFE/DAVID CHANG
