Hugh Boyland
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The US has banned all travel from the UK and Ireland in a bid to curb the coronavirus spread.
The new restrictions are set to last for 30 days and will begin at midnight EST on Monday (4am UK time), Vice President Mike Pence confirmed today.
The announcement was made just hours after a US shutdown on 26 European countries came into force.
President Donald Trump hinted that the travel ban would be extended to Britain last night owing to the “precipitous” rise in the nation’s number of cases.
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