As the new Corona virus continues to claim lives in the United States, President Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday that he is considering a plan to stop trips to the most affected areas of the Corona virus in the United States.
The United States is struggling to contain the deadly epidemic, which US sources have reported may take the lives of at least 100,000 people.
"We certainly look at that, but once this step is taken, we are actually imposing restrictions on a much-needed industry," Trump said during a White House press briefing.
The move would stop air traffic at airports in New York, New Orleans and Detroit, which are severely affected by the Corona virus.
"We're looking at the whole thing," Trump said of halting domestic flights, which have already shrunk considerably, as a result of falling demand.
884 people have died of the corona virus emerging in the United States during the past 24 hours, in the highest daily toll recorded in this country, according to Johns Hopkins University, on Wednesday evening.
The university, which is a reference point in tracking cases and deaths caused by Covid-19, said that the total number of epidemic patients who died in the United States has reached 4,475 to date.
While the total number of infections in the country reached 213,372, after it was confirmed in the past 24 hours that 25,200 additional people were infected with the virus.
On Tuesday, the US President warned that the United States would go through two "very painful" weeks in the fight against the emerging corona virus.
Trump described the Covid-19 pandemic as a "scourge", saying, "I want every American to be prepared for the difficult days ahead."
On Wednesday, Washington also called on its citizens abroad who want to return to their homes to do so now, before the Coruna virus turns into a "tsunami", with which it loses the ability to evacuate them.
To date, the US State Department has organized evictions of more than 300,000 Americans from abroad, but it warned, on Wednesday, that its ability to continue to do so could diminish "within weeks."
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