Washington: <\/p>\n
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is considering ordering coronavirus tests for people arriving in the United States on international flights, and highlighted Brazil.<\/p>\n
"We're probably going to be doing that. Brazil has pretty much had an outbreak, as you know," he said at a White House meeting with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n
"We'll make that decision pretty soon."<\/p>\n
When asked whether he would require tests for the novel coronavirus or simple temperature checks, Trump replied "both."<\/p>\n
The Republican president said he was discussing the issue with governors, particularly DeSantis, whose state is a major destination for Latin American flights.<\/p>\n
"We're talking with others also that have a lot of business coming in from South America, Latin America, and we'll make a determination," he said.<\/p>\n
The Trump administration has previously imposed travel bans on Europe and China as a measure to stop the rapidly spreading virus, which has already killed more than 50,000 Americans, while leading to the shutting down of much of the world's biggest economy.<\/p>\n
Trump said the new precautionary measures would involve testing for coronavirus "on the plane, getting on the plane," and that the government was in discussion with the airlines.<\/p>\n
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)<\/p>\n
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