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US to extend travel restrictions to UK, Ireland due to coronavirus: Source
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) welcomes US President Donald Trump (L) to the NATO summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4, 2019.Peter Nicholls | AFP | Getty ImagesThe U.S. will add the U.K. and Ireland to sweeping travel restrictions as the coronavirus spreads, President Donald Trump said Saturday, discouraging…
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) welcomes US President Donald Trump (L) to the NATO summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4, 2019.
Peter Nicholls | AFP | Getty Images
The U.S. will add the U.K. and Ireland to sweeping travel restrictions as the coronavirus spreads, President Donald Trump said Saturday, discouraging the American public from unnecessary travel.
Trump earlier this week announced that foreigners who have been in 26 European countries over the last two weeks won't be allowed in to the U.S. for 30 days. Vice President Mike Pence said the rules will take effect midnight Monday.
Airlines have scrambled to slash flights amid the pandemic and unprecedented travel restrictions to stop it crushes demand. Air cargo and ocean freight are exempt from the rules. The new ban the entry on foreigners who have been in the U.K. and Ireland take effect at midnight on Monday.
Speaking at a coronavirus briefing on Saturday, Trump said further travel restrictions, possibly within the United States, from places with high numbers of cases, is possible.
Airlines will likely run flights for several days so to allow citizens to return home and then will begin cancellations, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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