US President Donald Trump has banned from entering the United States from the European countries to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The UK will be an exception.

The White House later clarified that entry into the Schengen area had been blocked. These are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Sweden, Malta, Netherlands, Netherlands , Sweden and Switzerland.

The restrictions will take effect at midnight on 13 March and will last for 30 days. According to Trump, there will be exceptions for Americans who pass the coronavirus test.

He accused the EU authorities of not preventing the spread of coronavirus, as the United States did.

On 11 March, the WHO recognized the spread of the new coronavirus Covid-19 as an epidemic.