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Headline Roundup March 12th, 2020

Trump Institutes Travel Ban From Europe to the United States

Summary from the AllSides News Team

President Trump has restricted travel from Europe to the United States in wake of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus to the United State from Europe. The ban does not apply to England or Ireland. European Union leaders have issued a statement condemning the move, even as those nations are tightening their own restrictions on the movement of people.

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Europe condemns the U.S. travel ban as more nations add restrictions.
Europe condemns the U.S. travel ban as more nations add restrictions.

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On both sides of the Atlantic on Thursday, the consequences of President Trump’s decision to ban most travel from Europe began to be felt economically, politically and socially.

European Union leaders issued a scathing statement condemning the move even as many nations on the Continent moved to tighten their own restrictions on the movement of people both within their borders and from outside.

“The coronavirus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action,” it said. “The European Union disapproves of the...

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Trump restricts travel from Europe to fight spread of coronavirus
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President Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. would restrict travel from Europe for the next 30 days and use executive orders to offer financial relief to individuals and small businesses in his most extensive steps to date to address the crisis of the coronavirus.

Trump said the extraordinary restrictions would not apply to Great Britain, which formally left the European Union at the end of January. Ireland is also exempt from the restrictions, according to a proclamation later issued by the White House.

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Trump says he will ban all travel from Europe for 30 days
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President Trump announced a 30-day travel ban from European countries Wednesday night to arrest the spread of the coronavirus, a significant escalation in the administration's efforts to address the pandemic.

“The European Union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from China and other hot spots,” Trump said. “As a result, a large number of new clusters in the United States were seeded by travelers from Europe.”

The restrictions, which will go into effect Friday at midnight, will not apply to the United Kingdom, and U.S. citizens and...

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