Trump Announced Ban on Entering the US from Europe

US President Donald Trump announced that since midnight Friday Friday March 13th, the United States has banned entry from Europe. The decision will be valid for 30 days and is associated with coronavirus. An exception to the ban is made for the UK. “To prevent new cases of disease from entering our lands, we will suspend all trips from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days,” the US president said addressing to the nation. He said that more infections were reported in Europe because authorities could not stop trips from China, where the outbreak of COVID-19 began. As stated the Vice Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, the ban applies to citizens who visited the Schengen area in the last 14 days before arriving in the United States. Earlier it was reported that Mr. Trump is considering the option of declaring a national catastrophe. This is necessary in order to allocate money for the fight against coronavirus. It is assumed that such a decision will release up to $ 40 billion. The United States recorded more than 1 thousand cases of coronavirus. More than 30 people died. The number of new species infected with coronavirus exceeded 121 thousand people, more than 4 thousand died. The virus has spread far beyond China, where it was first detected at the end of 2019.