A 30 day banned by the u. S. And old flights from europe excluding the u. K. And ireland has just come into effect theyve been reports of long queues at some european airports as people try to beat the deadline President Trump announced the ban on wednesday in a bid to combat the spread of coronavirus he says the e. U. Has been too slow to react to the outbreak and blame travelers from europe for infections in the u. S. Lets go live to rob reynolds hes in los angeles for us now rob so youre there at one of the busiest airports in the u. S. Tell us whats been happening. There and im at the Los Angeles International Airport International terminal of the tom bradley terminal things are fairly busy right now despite the ban having gone into effect just moments ago many of the people that you can see behind me inside the doors of the terminal are lining up for ticket counters at korean air thats not one of the countries yet that has been affected so a lot of people seem to be. For whatever
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A 30 day ban by the u. S. On old flights from europe excluding the u. K. And ireland is now in effect that been reports of long queues at some european airports as people try to beat the deadline President Trump announced the ban on wednesday in a bid to come about the spread of coronavirus he says the e. U. Has been too slow to react to the outbreak and blame travelers from europe for infections in the u. S. Lets go live to rob reynolds joins us now from Los Angeles Rob so youre there at one of the busiest ports in the u. S. Tell us whats been happening. Well things are quieted down a little bit here at l. A. X. So were standing in front of the of the day unfortunately weve been talking to people whove told us some really interesting stories one man said that he flew in from paris he got the last flight out he put it and then spent some 6 hours in the. Customs and the immigration area people were being charitable. Having their temperatures taken and so on he said it was a real mess an
It is now much harder for most europeans to enter the United States with a month long travel ban on people arriving from 26. 00 countries now in effect President Trump took the drastic measure saying the e. U. Was too slow in reacting to the break of coronavirus hes also declared a National Emergency freeing up billions of dollars to fight the pandemic to unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a National Emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000 dollars of. Very importantly very important and large about of money for states and territories or look at all of these in our shared fight against this disease colombia has Just Announced it will turn away visitors whove recently been in europe and asia and its closing its border with venezuela a major crossing points of people trying to flee that countrys economic crisis while new zealand has taken the step of forcing nearly everyone e