Trump suspends travel to Europe
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THE FIGHT AGAINSTCORONAVIRUSCONTINUES AROUNDTHE WORLD ANDHERE AT HOME..TODAY THE WORLDHEALTHORGANIZATION... THEW-H-O DECLARED THEVIRUS A PANDEMIC.AND NORTHEASTWISCONSIN SAW IT'SFIRST CONFIRMEDCASES.BUT WE START WITHMAJOR NEWS AT THENATIONAL LEVEL.PRESIDENT DONALDTRUMP SPOKE TO THENATION TONIGHT..AND ANNOUNCEDTHAT ALL TRAVELFROM EUROPE INTOTHE UNITED STATESWOULD BESUSPENDED FOR 30DAYS, BEGINNINGFRIDAY.THE MOVE DOESNOT INCLUDE THEUNITED KINGDOM.THE PRESIDENTALSO ANNOUNCEDPLANS FOR FINANCIALRELIEF.HE WILL ASKCONGRESS FOR 50-BILLION DOLLARS TOHELP SMALLBUSINESSES.THE PRESIDENTWILL ALSO ASKCONGRESS FOR APAYROLL TAXRELIEF..AND WILLLOOK FOR WAYS TOHELP WORKERSFORCED TO STAYHOME BECAUSE OFTHE CORONAVIRUS.AS FAR AS PAYROLLTAXES, RIGHT NOWEMPLOYEES PAYABOUT 7-AND-A-HALFPERCENT OF THEIRWAGES TOWARDSOCIAL SECURITY ANDMEDICARE."The European Unionfailed to take the sameprecautions and restricttravel from China andother hotspots.
As aresult, a large number ofnew clusters in the UnitedStates were seeded bytravelers from Europe."PRESIDENT TRUMPALSO POSTPONED ANUPCOMING TRIP TOMILWAUKEE.THE TRIP WAS SETFOR NEXT THURSDAY.