Trump announces suspension of outbound cruises for 30 days

US President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted four big cruise industry companies had agreed to suspend cruises from the US for 30 days.

"It is a great and important industry - it will be kept that way!" he added.

The measure came after Trump had declared a national emergency due to the new virus outbreak earlier on Friday.



The vast majority of people recover from the new virus.



In February, the Diamond Princess cruise ship was quarantined after passengers tested positive for the novel coronavirus. During it's the ships two week quarantine, there were over 700 cases of the virus.