Trump suspends 'all travel from Europe' to US for 30 days

By AFP
12 March 2020
Trump suspends 'all travel from Europe' to US for 30 days
US President Donald J. Trump addresses the nation from the Oval Office about the widening coronavirus crisis, in Washington, DC, USA, 11 March 2020. Photo: EPA

President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would ban all travel from Europe for 30 days starting to stop the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

"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.

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

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