Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, France: People wearing protective face masks line up at the Air France ticketing desk inside Terminal 2E at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy on Thursday
Daily Mail: Desperate Americans spark 'bedlam' at European airports: Fliers pay up to $20,000 for flights from Paris to get back home before Trump's travel ban kicks in
* Hundreds of travelers, confused as to whether they will be let back home, rushed to airports Wednesday
* Trump announced a ban on travel to the U.S. from Europe to start Friday to slow the spread of the coronavirus
* U.S. citizens were left shrouded in confusion by the details of the proposal, scrambling to the Spanish and French airports in the early hours of Thursday morning uncertain about how the ban would impact them
* VP Mike Pence fueled the coronavirus chaos on Thursday by saying all Americans returning from coronavirus 'epicenter' Europe will be asked to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival
* He said they will be funneled through one of 13 airports, without confirming if they would receive COVID-19 tests or saying where those ports were
* The president confirmed the United Kingdom and Ireland will not be included in the 30-day travel ban
* Travel commentators said it is a chaotic and confusing time for U.S passengers; there confusion over how ban will be implemented, under what time zone and how Americans will get home
President Donald Trump's decision Wednesday to impose a 30-day ban on most Europeans entering the United States has sparked 'bedlam' at airports across the continent, with some travelers paying as much as $20,000 for plane tickets home.
Hundreds of travelers, confused as to whether they will be let back home and face quarantine, rushed to El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, France and Brussels International Airport after Trump announced the restrictions to start this Friday to slow the progression of the coronavirus.
Tourists from the U.S., who were left shrouded in confusion by the details of the proposal, scrambled to airports in the early hours of Thursday morning uncertain about how the ban would impact their attempts to fly back home.
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Update #1: "It caused a mass panic": travellers in Europe rush to get back to US after Trump order (Reuters)
Update #2: Americans in Europe rush to get back after Trump coronavirus order (France 24)
Update #3: Travel bans, market chaos: Dizzying reaction to virus spread (AP)
WNU Editor: The warning signs that this was going to happen have been there for weeks. After-all President Trump did ban flights from China 6 weeks ago, and the situation in Europe is worse right now than what was in China 5-6 weeks ago. This is what happens when people are in denial, and then the crisis hits them in the face. And then they blame others (in this case President Trump) for being in it.
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