Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
March 12, 2020 01:52 am

Trump bans most travel from Europe for 30 days amid coronavirus pandemic


President Trump Addresses Nation From White House On Coronavirus

Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump announced that his administration would be rolling new travel restrictions, prohibiting most travel from Europe to the US. The restrictions will start on Friday, March 13 and last for 30 days. This travel ban does not affect flights from the United Kingdom.


According to the Department of Homeland Security’s acting secretary, Chad Wolf, the Trump administration will suspend entry into the US for “most foreign nationals” traveling from certain European countries 14 days prior to arrival. Trump initially alluded to the ban affecting trade, but walked back that statement in a later tweet writing “trade will in no way be affected.”






Continue reading…




Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/11/21175944/trump-coronavirus-covid-19-travel-ban-europe-financial-relief-emergency-declaration

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

The Verge

The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011

More About this Source Visit The Verge