President Trump just banned travel from Europe, and everyone is freaking out

[Andy Meek]

• The official response of the US government to the coronavirus outbreak has now included the extraordinary measure of banning all travel from Europe to the US for 30 days starting on Friday at midnight. The United Kingdom is an exception to this ban.
• President Trump announced the move in a brief but significant Oval Office address televised live Wednesday night that included a number of other steps, including financial relief to various businesses and individuals. The European travel ban, though, drew immediate focus because of how major a step this is.
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In an address tonight from the Oval Office, President Trump announced a range of measures meant to step up the US response to the coronavirus crisis, and one of them includes the extraordinary step of banning all travel from Europe to the US starting on Friday for 30 days.

The European travel ban does not apply to travel from the United Kingdom, but there are still tons of questions about what this all means and how it will be enforced. There were also a number of unanswered questions as of Wednesday night about what this means for cargo -- to what degree shipments from Europe will be cut off, for example, and what approvals the White House needs to implement such a move.

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