Trump’s ban on travel from Europe just went into effect – here’s what happens now

[Andy Meek]

• The federal government has taken a series of dramatic and sweeping steps to try and get the spread of the coronavirus here under control, and one of them just went into effect at midnight Friday night: A ban on travel from Europe imposed by President Trump.
• The ban excludes US citizens but covers 26 European nations and is set to extend for 30 days. Here's what happens next, including what US citizens returning home will face, which includes stepped-up health screenings.
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President Trump's dramatic imposition of a travel ban on foreign nationals coming into the US from Europe just went into effect as of midnight, Friday night -- one of several sweeping new measures the federal government has taken to try and bring the spread of the coronavirus under control. And on the same day, no less, that the World Health Organization declared that Europe is now the epicenter of the global outbreak of the virus.

Barring a change in conditions on the ground, Trump announced the ban in a Wednesday night speech televised from the Oval Office, and it's set to extend for 30 days. US citizens can still fly into the country from Europe, and it's not the entirety of Europe that's subject to the ban, so here's what you need to know (as well as what happens now) in light of the ban now being in effect.

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