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US President Donald Trump announced a 30-day ban on travelers from mainland Europe Wednesday as the continent reeled from the rapid spread of a coronavirus pandemic that has emptied streets, shuttered shops and disrupted travel for millions.  As quoted by AFP.com (12/3)  the edict came amid signs of a widening European crisis, as Italy clocked more than 2,300 new cases in 24 hours and infections in Spain jumped by a quarter to more than 2,100. Ireland, Albania, Belgium, Sweden and Bulgaria registered their first deaths Wednesday, bringing Europe's total to 930, from more than 22,000 infections. This is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history," Trump said in a primetime television address from the Oval Office -- his latest attempt to counter criticism of his response so far. The president said the ban would come into effect from "midnight Friday" but would not affect travelers from Britain, which recently left the European Union, to Trump's great approval//AFP