The announcement and other precautions have led to a flurry of canceled or postponed events.
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Coronavirus is in our communities, we should be prepared for thousands of cases in oregon.
These actions i'm taking today have two main goals.
To slow the transmission of the disease and to preserve hospital capacity for those who will need it the most.
(3:32) we have team coverage tonight.
Newswatch 12's leah thompson is live in ashland with reaction from people and businesses on the latest developments.
First- darryl forges joins us live from atlanta.
He shows the impacts of the latest travel restrictions in the u-s.
Americans are still traveling -- for now... imari anderson / traveling thursday: this virus.
We have to be safe but we still want to travel.
Kienast bushpayne / traveling to florida: got some gloves, you know trying to stay away from a lot of people.
You know just being mindful, being cautious.
This after president trump on wednesday announced restrictions on travel from restrictions on on wednesday president trump this after being cautious.
Just being mindful, away from a lot of know trying to stay got some gloves, you traveling to florida: kienast bushpayne / be safe but we still this virus.
We have to imari anderson / for now... still traveling -- americans are americans are still traveling -- for now... imari anderson / traveling thursday: this virus.
We have to be safe but we still want to travel.
Kienast bushpayne / traveling to florida: got some gloves, you know trying to stay away from a lot of people.
You know just being mindful, being cautious.
This after president trump on wednesday announced restrictions on travel from europe to the u.s. president donald trump: we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days.
But the president's initial announcement later required some important corrections.
The travel suspension doesn't apply to all of europe.
It applies only to 26 countries including france, germany and hard-hit italy, not the u.k. and ireland.
American citizens, permanent residents, and some of their family members can still travel home.
Vice president mike pence thursday morning added, vice president mike pence: americans coming home will be funneled through 13 different airports.
They'll be screened, and then we're going to ask every american and legal resident returning to the united states to self-quarantine for 14 days.
The restrictions still causing concerns for americans returning from abroad, american student / rome, italy: i was pretty nervous about not being able to go home.
In atlanta, i'm darryl forges reporting.
One case is in clackamas.
Two more cases were reported in washington county.
That brings that county's total to 10.
Those new cases are considered community spread cases.
96 patients are waiting on test results right now.
More than 250 people are being monitored for the virus.
There are no cases being reported in curry, josephine, lake or siskiyou counties.
As we mentioned earlier- governor brown announced new regulations today.
Large gatherings of more than 250 people will be forced to cancel.
Those who are at least 60 years old, or have underlying health conditions, should avoid gatherings of more than ten people.
Schools will remain open, but non essential gatherings should be cancelled or limited.
This includes field trips, games, conferences or large meetings -- again this is just a quick rundown, we have a full list right now on our website, k-d-r-v dot com.
Newswatch 12's leah thompson is live in ashland.
Two different events have already been canceled in the city.
Leah how are people in the community feeling about all the cancellations?
Honestly there's been a lot of mixed emotions.
People understand why big events need to get canceled.
At the same time they are worried about businesses in town.
Today we've heard from a long list of organizations and businesses across southern oregon.
Events either being canceled or postponed.
One of those is the ashland independent film festival.
It was suppose to happen next month.
The festival says it is working on a new plan.
The oregon shakespeare festival is getting hit hard.
The next 4 weeks all shows are canceled.
Lynn wallis from ashland is one of those people with mixed emotions about all of this.
I feel very sad that this whole thing is happening, but it is happening.
Therefore, i'm just in the middle totally.
I really am.
Good and bad.
It's a bad thing when you have a pandemic.
Most of the people i talked to like wallis says they don't know what to do during a pandemic.
It's a learning experience for a lot of people.
Coming up on newswatch 12 at 6.
I'm breaking down the latest details about the oregon shakespeare festival.
What you need to know if you have tickets and how soon it will reopen.
Live in ashland leah thompson newswatch 12.
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