Trump suspends travel from Europe as coronavirus infections surge eNCA
The edict came amid signs of a widening European crisis, asWHO labels coronavirus a pandemic
Ireland, Albania, Belgium, Sweden and Bulgaria registered their first deaths on Wednesday, bringing Europe's total to 930, from more than 22,000 infections. "This is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history," Trump said in a primetime television address from the Oval Office -- his latest attempt to counter criticism of his response so far.The president said the ban would come into effect from"midnight Friday" but would not affect travellers from Britain, which recently left the European Union, to Trump's great approval.
Trump briefly caused alarm as he announced that the"tremendous amount of trade and cargo" from Europe would also be banned, forcing officials to clarify that the measures would apply only to humans, not goods or cargo.The number of coronavirus disease cases across the globe has risen to more than 124,000 with 4,500 deaths, after a jump in fatalities particularly in Iran and Italy, according to an AFP tally.
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