President Trump and administration officials announced an expansion of a ban on travel from Europe to include the U.K. and Ireland.
President Trump is expanding the European coronavirus travel ban to include the U.K. and Ireland. That will start Monday at midnight. And he said today he's considering domestic travel restrictions. He's been widely criticized for an initial slow and muddled response to the outbreak. The president has tried to reassure Americans this past week that the government is doing everything in its power to control the spread of the virus.
HARRIS: Well, to the extent that they're worried about new cases coming into the U.S., that, well, could help slow it down because most of the cases now - the real hotspot in the world is Europe. It was peculiar that the U.K. and Ireland were not put in the initial European ban because they had hundreds of cases, but they seemed to have recognized that some adjustment was necessary. And of course, U.S. people - citizens and people with permanent residence can still come home.
MONTAGNE: And one of the issues Trump and the vice president stressed was free testing and more widespread testing to come. The administration also has been criticized for not doing that sooner. But what do we expect?
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