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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday suspended all travel between the United States and Europe for 30 days starting on Friday in a bid to fight the spread of Coronavirus.
Addressing the nation from Oval Office, Trump said US citizens who have been adequately screened as well as United Kingdom (UK) citizens will be exempted from the ban. No reason was given for the exception of the UK, which has 460 reported cases of Coronavirus infections as of Wednesday evening, and a total of 8 deaths.
Italy has the most confirmed cases of Coronavirus at 12,000 and 827 deaths.
China, where the virus was first detected, has a total of 80.754 confirmed cases so far and 3,136 deaths.
In related news, US actor Tom Hanks confirmed that he and his wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for Coronavirus in Australia, where they are currently visiting.
"Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia… We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too,” said Hanks.
"To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive. Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks' will be tested observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no? We'll keep the world posted and updated. Take care of yourselves!,” he added.
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The travel Between the US and Europe is all about slowing the rate of infection so that US hospitals won't be overrun.The travel ban won't stop the virus but it will do one important thing; it will flatten the curve of progression and reduce the impact on acute hospital admissions. That is the salient point.US has to try and reduce the impact on acute care services or they will become overwhelmed like those in Italy. With a 5% rate for those infected,needing ICU and vent support will be critical. Does the U.S or any country, for that matter, have thousands of ventilators and supportive staff, critical care nurses, anaesthetists,respiratory technicians,intensivists available at the drop of a hat? I think not.
Quit listening to Fox. So what you are saying is now that the horse has left the barn, we need to close the barn door. It's idiotic and you know it. Since Americans and green card holders can still fly back from Europe, this ban stops nothing. Also if a person from the UK takes a train from Europe to Britain, they can still fly to the US negating the ban. And while the ever incompetent cousin of Baghdad Bob in the WH says we have the perfect test, that just ain't so. We have insufficient numbers of test kits so there is no true picture of the level of infection. Compounding the problem is a lack of hospital beds, masks etc, millions without paid sick leave, the unwillingness to help the indigent and not least the open hostility to truth of the Trumpistas. Trump has downplayed the problem and so now we reap the benefits of both his and the stupidity of his supporters and Faux News consumers in general
Hehehehe there goes the hogwash mighty america!30 days the usa economy will b f,up.
FYI for the uninformed, if America's economy goes south, the world economy goes south and Kenya's economy sinks even further at which point kaploti will only be a patch of dirt useful for waru. Only a complete imbecile would wish for that.
@mundumugo the difference btw u in states paying 30 year mortgage n my kaploti is mine was bot cash hata ikishuka from 10m to 5ksh bado ni sawa juu it's mine sio ya mkopo.The reason why i said states economy will b f'up is juu they r always proud no matter what,they think this world should only exist as they say so!Personally if the economy of the west go go dwn i will b very happy so we the africans can start to feed them n help them.who told u we survive because of them as Africans.Dont have that black mentality ati we cannot exist unless the west exist.No wonder i call u guys wazungu weusi who still think jesus is white n still worship him n Worshipping mary with the cross.
@ Mkenya Halisi, FYI I have property in Kenya but whether u like it or not Kenya's economy is interwoven into the world economy. If the economy collapses what happens to all those tourist driven businesses and those they employ. What happens to the greenhouses in Naivasha. Dont be selfish. What JM said about 10 million beggars is still true and just because you are comfortable doesn't mean everyone is. Your prayers for America's economy to collapse are misdirected
With all the locusts in Kenya, I would be interested to know whether Kenya is currently feeding itself let alone Coronavirus impact.
And the WH will now spend rest of week trying to explain what Trump means by "suspend all travel between the United States and Europe except UK". Somehow, that was not his intention. He has fired everyone, and now need to re-fire his speech writer.