Today, Mar. 11, United States President Donald Trump has finally released the order of travel ban to all passengers flying to Europe due to Coronavirus COVID-19. All Americans and citizens are required to follow the law and Trump has cleared himself that no one is exempted from this rule. The travel ban will start on Friday, Mar. 13, and will end after 30 days or one month or as long as authorities see the travel ban fitted on protecting citizens from further spread of the virus.
Trump imposes travel ban to Europe; all Americans are required to follow!
On his late-night speech on public television, President Trump said that all travels from Europe would be temporarily suspended for at least 30 days in order to protect Americans from the wider spread of Coronavirus in the country.
"To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States," said Trump. "The new rules will go into effect Friday at midnight."
Though the said implementation is thought to be 'necessary and strong' as reported via BBC, President Trump said that flights from the United Kingdom would not be part of the travel ban. Although the UK already has more than 400 confirmed cases in their country.
Though all citizens are required to follow this new rule, the President also mentioned that there could be exceptions for Americans that will undergo appropriate screenings made by authorities.
China and Europe are now under a travel ban by the US
Aside from Europe, China--wherein the virus was originated-- was the first country that was announced to be imposed with a travel ban as the numbers of victims and carriers continues to increase in the country.
Trump also reportedly laid out his administration's plan today in order to highlight and address the worsening problem of Coronavirus victims in the United States. As of now, there is already over 1,300 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country, and 38 deaths were already reported.
Though this number seemed to be too small compared to other countries affected by the virus around the world, Dr, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that the number would likely increase soon if the government would not act fast against the virus.
"I can say we will see more cases, and things will get worse than they are right now," Fauci said. "How much worse we'll get will depend on our ability to do two things: to contain the influx of people who are infected coming from the outside, and the ability to contain and mitigate within our own country."
"Bottom line, it's going to get worse," he added.
