Coronavirus: Trump bans all travel from Europe

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Washington,12th March: US President Donald Trump yesterday announced a ban on travel from most of Europe to the United States for 30 days to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19.

The ban will be affected from Friday midnight and will not include travel from the UK, Trump said in a national address late Wednesday.

“To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days. The new rules will go into effect Friday at midnight,” Trump said in an address to the nation.

However, he specified that the restriction would “not apply to the United Kingdom.”

Trump added that the prohibitions would also “apply to the tremendous amount of trade and cargo,” and “various other things as we get approval.”

The president has taken fire for what critics say is a slow response to the spread of the virus, which has claimed more than 4,500 lives worldwide.

Trump, who said there would be exemptions for Americans who undergo appropriate testing, has repeatedly played down the threat, initially claiming that only a handful of Americans were at risk.

He added that Europe saw more cases because governments failed to stop travel from China, where the COVID-19 epidemic began.

The United States has more than 1,000 cases with upwards of 30 deaths.

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