Responses cases jumped to over 2000 chancellor Angela Merkel warns against large gatherings but stopped short of closing schools morning comes a day after she said some 2 thirds of germans could become infected. Unexposed her welcome to the program the European Union has criticized u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to ban nearly all travel from europe to the United States the 30 day ban affects countries inside europes passport free travel area and so excludes the u. K. And ireland the European Commission said the decision had been taken unilaterally and without consultation President Trump accused the e. U. Of failing to act quickly enough to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Until now 3 us president downplayed the coronavirus but in a sudden escalation donald trump has announced near trusting measures to keep new cases from entering our shores we will be suspending all travel from europe to the United States for the next 30 days the new rules will go into effect friday at m
Next 30 days the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight these restrictions will be adjusted subject to conditions on the ground there will be exemptions for americans who have undergone appropriate screenings the ban will not affect those traveling to the u. S. From the europe or from the u. K. The European Union officials took issue with the ban. The European Union disapproves of the fact that the us decision to impose a travel down was taken unilaterally and without consultation. On wednesday italy the country hardest by the virus outside of china now its the closure of most commercial and Retail Businesses supermarkets and pharmacies inside the country will remain open worldwide more than 130000 people have been infected by the krona virus with nearly 5000 deaths more than half of those infected have recovered in china the National Health Commission Said the worst has passed in the country. Generally speaking the epidemic peak of our own country has you have asked the numb
This Chinese Government as begin with Gordon Chang Asia x. Wait contributor for the daily beast hes in new york what do you make of chinas claims you think theyve stabilized that gordon. There we dont really know larry because there is now extraordinary information control and the infections to 6 deaths statistics that are coming out of beijing actually support chinese rulers see jim pings policy of getting Chinese Workers back to their job sites so its sort of suspicious now i think that maybe and on where this started maybe theyve stabilized but we also know that there are clusters in beijing and some other cities and so cute very well have in these other locations a new Virus Outbreak but you know as i said because of what beijing has been doing especially putting journalists in jail and all the rest of it we absolutely do not have very much of an idea still can we is says how being is handling this. Well we know that for 6 weeks from december 8th when the 1st corona virus patient w
A day after she said some 2 thirds of germans could become the fed infected. On nick spicer thanks for joining us the European Union has criticized u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to ban nearly all travel from europe to the United States the 30 day ban affects countries inside Europes Schengen passport free travel area and so excludes the u. K. And ireland the European Commission said the decision had been taken unilaterally and without consultation President Trump accused the e. U. Of failing to act quickly enough to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. That were packed to pot your whole european airports as american scramble to get home holidaymakers woke up to the news that the United States was restricting travel from the European Union. Starting at midnight on friday. Those of arriving on the other side of the atlantic were relieved to be home. We would have stayed longer but like we just didnt know how long we would have so yeah it was just a matter of time before they c
Leagues shutdown to protect public health. Once you have fear of the market, its something you cannot rationally deal with. On wall street stocks in a freefall, the doubt plummeting more than 2000 points. And in Washington House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she expects about tomorrow a relief to help people impacted by the virus. New efforts tonight to slow the spread of covid19 and help people suffering because of the pandemic. Good evening, im julie haener. Around the nation efforts are ramping up to clamp down on the spread of the new coronavirus before a bad situation gets worse. Jana katsuyama is here to cover awarding from a top health official. Reporter while china is a seeing less cases of covid19 dr. Anthony fauci says theres an exceeding number of cases around the world. He says we should expect to see that like here in the United States soon. The shutdown to stop the spread could have a real effect in reducing those numbers. We have to get used to this. Dr. Anthony fauci, the d