President Trump Restricting travel by foreign nationals coming to the United States from 26 European countries 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 midnight.

The restriction does not apply to US residents and green card holders or two travelers coming from the UK, Ireland and several other countries.

He initially announced the suspension would include trade but had to clarify on Twitter.

Please remember very important for all countries and businesses to know that trade will in no way be affected by the 30 day restriction on travel from Europe.

The restriction stops people, not goods.

Still, the president, quick to blame the European Union.

We made a life saving move with early action on China.

Now we must take the same action with Europe and announcing plans to help offset the cost of medical care.

Earlier this week, I met with the leaders of health insurance industry who have agreed to waive all copayments for Corona virus treatments extend insurance coverage to these treatments and to prevent surprise medical billing.

Fears of a pandemic and global recession have sent markets into a tailspin tonight, Trump promising loans to small businesses.

This is not a financial crisis.

This is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world, the president saying.

Put politics aside and cautioning vulnerable populations, the elderly population must be very, very careful.

In particular were strongly advising that nursing homes for the elderly suspender medically unnecessary visits after weeks of mixed messages and downplaying this virus tonight a turn toward confronting the challenges ahead, acting with compassion and love, we will heal the sick care for those in need, help our fellow citizens and emerge from this challenge stronger and more unified than ever before.

God bless you and God bless America.

Thanks, Kira.

And these other headlines tonight the NBA's suspending it seems it indefinitely after a player tested positive, and actors Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, say they have it, too.

Officials awarding that the worst is yet to come.

Communities there now taking drastic measures to prevent its spread.

Here's A B C's with Johnson.

We have therefore meant the assessment that Cove in 19 can be characterized as a pandemic, a nation on edge as communities across the country and around the globe brace for what the World Health Organization is now calling a pandemic way, have run the Alan Bell loud on clear Right now.

In the United States, there are over 1200 confirmed cases of Corona virus in at least 44 states with at least 37 confirmed fatalities, it is 10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu.

I think that's something that people can get their arms around and understand.

On Capitol Hill today, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, issuing this dire warning.

We will see more cases, and things will get worse than they are right now.

Bottom line.

It's going to get worse in Washington State, the epicenter of the nation's outbreak, with over 300 confirmed cases and 29 deaths, the virus ferociously attacking the elderly.

Grim reality is that for the elderly, covert 19 is almost a perfect killing machine cut off from their loved ones.

Families air left appear into nursing homes or blow kisses from afar.

News that 10 nursing homes now report cases of the virus to stop the spread.

Washington is going on the offensive.

This is not a time to be going out into public and close contact.

Uh, it's just too dangerous banning large gatherings and Seattle is closing their public schools for at least two weeks across the country.

New York, with at least 213 cases, is the site of the nation's first containment zone.

The suburban neighborhood of New Rochelle, New York, is one of the largest clusters of the virus in the United States, with over 100 cases linked to a New Rochelle attorney who is still hospitalized in critical condition.

Once bustling town is on lock down the National Guard, also on the way beginning tomorrow.

No, in Branson is the mayor.

When people hear that the National Guard is coming in, they pictures um, kind of militarized community.

But you say that's not what it will be.

The guard is here to provide logistical and operational support to our community.

Big part of that is delivering meals to the kids who are not able to attend school and are eligible for free or reduced costs the lunches.

Nationwide, the virus has prompted more than 1500 schools to close impacting more than a 1,000,000 students.

New Rochelle is only 25 miles from New York City, the city of over eight million.

Taking extra precautions today, CBS News announced that two employees have tested positive.

Actor Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, posted on Instagram that both of them have tested positive for Cove in 19 and are currently in Australia wth E N ba.

Suspending the season until further notice after a Utah jazz player tested positive.

As Corona virus continues to spread around the world, some countries air struggling to contain the deadly disease.

Yesterday, the number of fatalities in Italy at 630 tonight Corona virus has claimed at least 827 lives.

Eyes on Italy.

The rest of Europe is gripped with fear.

The United Kingdom has 456 confirmed cases, even the health minister testing positive.

The shelves should normally be full with things like toilet paper.

Now they are completely empty years after the numbers that we saw in Italy, you get the sense now that if people think that it's something like that could happen in Italy, it could happen in any European country.

Finding out who is caring Cove in 19 is essential to stopping the outbreak.

There have been almost 9000 tests administered in the U.

S.

Health professionals warned that there aren't nearly enough test to meet the demand.

At this stage, Testing millions and millions of Americans, even those that aren't sick, would be an optimal outcome, just not one that's within our reach.

Cruise ships could be a hotbed of infections.

21 people tested positive for the Corona virus on the Grand Princess Cruise ship, which was held off the coast of San Francisco pending the results.

2400 passengers began slowly disembarking Monday are being isolated for 14 days vacation.

Iva and Ron Weisberger were among the first to leave.

Had they known about this, they would have never boarded that cruise ship ever.

I've had it here, Uh, this morning's breakfast really turned me off de beach, Alex says.

Her parents dream trip to Hawaii quickly turned into a floating nightmare.

Literally, passengers would get off the ship, go through a makeshift triage and have their temperature taken.

And that was it.

And then they were just sent together, packed on a bus to military base tonight, the couple giving us a glimpse inside Travis Air Force Base in California.

They are currently feeling fine and showing no symptoms, just very depressing.

Walking around, seeing everybody in there masks.

They are confined to that room, except they're allowed to go downstairs to obtain their meals.

They're allowed six feet away from the building in an enclosed gated area, and there's a bench and they'll sit out there and eat so that they're not on top of anyone else.

They want to keep their space and they want to be in fresh air, she says.

Her parents still haven't been tested for Cove in 19.

They said They're gonna test now within 72 hours, according to the literature.

I wonder if they will or not, because we have not been tested.

How are you and Mom doing today?

Phallic claims this could have been avoided.

She's now representing her parents suing Princess Cruise Lines for more than $1 million in damages, claiming that the cruise line lacked proper screening protocol and that the cruise liner continued sailing with thousands of passengers.

Knowing that some of those passengers and crew had already been exposed to Cove in 19 they had a responsibility to their passengers and their crew to make sure that they would not be exposed to something so horrible.

And yet they did nothing.

Princess Cruises, telling ABC News that they're focused on the well being of their guests and crew within the parameters mandated on them by the government agencies involved and the evolving medical understanding of this new illness, and that they would not comment on pending litigation.

Question of how to move forward at the forefront of everyone's minds as the secretary of health and human service is Alex Cesar, warns George Stephanopoulos.

This pandemic is far from over.

Every day we buy is a valuable day in terms of spreading.

That's why aggressive efforts are needed and public cooperation is important.

Despite the dire circumstances, experts are urging people to remain calm but be prepared.

It's important to distinguish panic from deliberate urgency.

As always, people keep their head on their shoulders, don't overreact and do the right thing.

We're gonna get through this and a reminder.

Doctor Jin Aston will be back here tomorrow to answer your Corona virus questions, So tweet them with the hashtag.

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