NEW: Pres. Trump outlines measures to shore up economy amid coronavirus outbreak, including providing liquidity to affected firms, deferred tax payments by affected individuals and businesses, and a payroll tax cut.
announced that the United States is suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for a month, starting Friday.
MORE: Coronavirus live updates: World Health Organization declares coronavirus a 'pandemic' as US deaths reach 36 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2020.The president also called for sweeping economic stimulus action to prop up the American economy from the side effects of the virus.
The president broadly sought to credit his administration’s actions thus far in combating the virus and projected confidence in the face of the growing pandemic, while making note of the fact that the virus began in China.
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