The US will ban all travel from Europe over coronavirus fears
President Donald Trump has announced the US will ban all
travel from Europe as cases of the coronavirus still rise.
Trump made the announcement in during an Oval Office address to the state over
the coronavirus threat.
“To keep new cases from entering our shores we'll be suspending all travel from Europe to us for subsequent 30 days,” he said.
The travel restrictions will kick in in the dark on Friday civil time but won't apply to the United Kingdom.
Trump said, “we are marshaling the complete power” of the govt and personal the sector to guard the American people.
He said the new travel restrictions were “strong but necessary”, calling the COVID-19 virus a “horrible infection”.
The President praised the nation’s “unprecedented response” to the outbreak, while also blaming the ECU Union for failing to require early action against the virus.
“Taking early intense action, we've seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus within us, than are now present in Europe,” he said.
“The European Union did not take equivalent precautions and restrict travel from China and other hot spots.
“As a result, an outsized number of latest clusters within us were seeded by travelers from Europe.”
The ban also will apply to trade and cargo that come from Europe, with Trump saying various other things are going to be restricted as they “get approval”.
The number of confirmed cases of the infection topped 1000 within the US, with officials warning the outbreak is merely getting to worsen.
Trump said he was also directing agencies to supply unspecified financial relief “for workers who are ill, quarantined or caring for others thanks to coronavirus,” and asked Congress to require action to increase it.
Trump said the US will defer tax payments for a few individual and business filers for 3 months to reduce the impacts of the virus outbreak.
He said the tiny Business The administration also will make low-interest loans available to businesses to assist them to weather the storm.
“This isn't a financial crisis,” he said.
“This just a short-lived moment of your time that we'll overcome together as a nation and as a world.”
Trump also reiterated his turn Congress to pass a move the federal payroll tax so as to stimulate the economy.
His announcement came after the planet Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the coronavirus an epidemic, after previously being immune to using the label.
“To keep new cases from entering our shores we'll be suspending all travel from Europe to us for subsequent 30 days,” he said.
The travel restrictions will kick in in the dark on Friday civil time but won't apply to the United Kingdom.
Trump said, “we are marshaling the complete power” of the govt and personal the sector to guard the American people.
He said the new travel restrictions were “strong but necessary”, calling the COVID-19 virus a “horrible infection”.
The President praised the nation’s “unprecedented response” to the outbreak, while also blaming the ECU Union for failing to require early action against the virus.
“Taking early intense action, we've seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus within us, than are now present in Europe,” he said.
“The European Union did not take equivalent precautions and restrict travel from China and other hot spots.
“As a result, an outsized number of latest clusters within us were seeded by travelers from Europe.”
The ban also will apply to trade and cargo that come from Europe, with Trump saying various other things are going to be restricted as they “get approval”.
The number of confirmed cases of the infection topped 1000 within the US, with officials warning the outbreak is merely getting to worsen.
Trump said he was also directing agencies to supply unspecified financial relief “for workers who are ill, quarantined or caring for others thanks to coronavirus,” and asked Congress to require action to increase it.
Trump said the US will defer tax payments for a few individual and business filers for 3 months to reduce the impacts of the virus outbreak.
He said the tiny Business The administration also will make low-interest loans available to businesses to assist them to weather the storm.
“This isn't a financial crisis,” he said.
“This just a short-lived moment of your time that we'll overcome together as a nation and as a world.”
Trump also reiterated his turn Congress to pass a move the federal payroll tax so as to stimulate the economy.
His announcement came after the planet Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the coronavirus an epidemic, after previously being immune to using the label.
“We have called a day for countries to require urgent and aggressive action. We’ve
rung the tocsin loud and clear,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO
chief.
“All countries can still change the course of this pandemic. If countries
detect, test, treat, isolate, trace and mobilize their people within the response,”
he said.
“We are deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction.”
Dr Tedros said the WHO doesn't use the word pandemic lightly because it has the facility to “cause unreasonable fear, or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over, resulting in unnecessary suffering and death.”
“Describing things as an epidemic doesn't change WHO’s assessment of the threat posed by this virus. It doesn’t change what WHO is doing, and it doesn’t change what countries should do,” he said.
“We haven't before seen an epidemic sparked by a coronavirus. This is often the the primary pandemic caused by a coronavirus.”
According to the WHO, people with mild illness recover in about fortnight, while those with more severe illness may take three to 6 weeks to recover.
There are now quite 126,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus globally, which has resulted in 4630 deaths.
“We are deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction.”
Dr Tedros said the WHO doesn't use the word pandemic lightly because it has the facility to “cause unreasonable fear, or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over, resulting in unnecessary suffering and death.”
“Describing things as an epidemic doesn't change WHO’s assessment of the threat posed by this virus. It doesn’t change what WHO is doing, and it doesn’t change what countries should do,” he said.
“We haven't before seen an epidemic sparked by a coronavirus. This is often the the primary pandemic caused by a coronavirus.”
According to the WHO, people with mild illness recover in about fortnight, while those with more severe illness may take three to 6 weeks to recover.
There are now quite 126,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus globally, which has resulted in 4630 deaths.
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