Amid coronavirus scare, US suspends all travel from Europe for 30 days, except UK

President Donald Trump said he will suspend all movement from Europe to the US for the following 30 days, the most extensive measure yet in the organisation's endeavours to battle the spread of coronavirus.

The limitations, which won't have any significant bearing to the UK, will go live Friday at noon, he said Wednesday in an Oval Office address.

The president planned the comments to spread out his arrangement for managing the fast spread of sickness he named an "outside infection" that has prompted more than 1,100 diseases in the US and attacked markets. The S&P 500 shut Wednesday 19% lower than its February high, with each industry down at any rate 3.9% on the day.

"This is certifiably not a monetary emergency," Trump said. "This is only an impermanent snapshot of time that we will defeat as a country and as a world."

The World Health Organization prior Wednesday announced the flare-up is presently a pandemic and encouraged governments to increase regulation determination as to the number of overall cases bested 123,000 and passings surpassed 4,500.

Trump asserted that his initial activity to limit travel from China and other influenced nations eased back the spread of the infection in the U.S. He said the organisation is "observing the circumstance in China and South Korea," and that "a potential early opening" could occur if the circumstance improves.

Be that as it may, the president cast fault on Europe, which he said had neglected to play it safe and subsequently added to the infection grabbing hold in the US.

The president requested that Congress make a move to convey paid debilitated leave to hourly specialists who chance their occupations if they remain at home. He likewise suggested that nursing homes abridge non-medicinally fundamental visits.

Trump said he is conceding charge instalments for specific people and organisations influenced by the infection. He told the postponements would give $200 billion in extra liquidity.

Trump included that he is teaching the Small Business Administration to give crisis money to influenced firms.

"This is the most forceful and extensive exertion to defy a remote infection in current history," Trump said. "I am certain that by recording and proceeding to take these extreme estimates, we will altogether lessen the danger to our residents, and we will eventually and speedily rout this infection."