President Trump will suspend all travel from Europe to the US for the next 30 days due to the coronavirus, but makes an exception for the UK
Washington President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was"marshaling the full power of the federal government" to confront a growing public health crisis, including a month-long halt in travel from Europe to the United States.
Trump said he was overseeing"the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history."Trump was speaking during a rare Oval Office address to the nation after facing harsh criticism for his response to the pandemic.A state-by-state breakdown of US coronavirus casesEarlier Wednesday, Trump would not say whether the US would issue additional travel restrictions on Europe, nor would he answer whether he would issue a national disaster declaration.
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