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Newshour: 12/03/2020 14:06 GMT: Coronavirus: US bans most travel from Europe

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Coronavirus: US bans most travel from Europe

12/03/2020 14:06 GMT

12/03/2020 14:06 GMT: Coronavirus: US bans most travel from Europe

BBC World Service - Newshour, Coronavirus: US bans most travel from Europe

The ban applies to travellers from the Schengen border-free travel area in Europe

The ban applies to travellers from the Schengen border-free travel area in Europe.

The European Union has strongly criticised President Trump's ban on travel to the United States from the EU's visa-free travel area.  In a joint statement, the presidents of the European Commission and Council, Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, said the coronavirus was a global crisis requiring cooperation rather than unilateral action.

Also in the programme: we'll ask the International Olympic Committee whether the Games in Tokyo could be postponed; and a warning from the founder of the World Wide Web that it is failing women and girls.

Picture: U.S. President Trump speaks about the U.S response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Credit: Reuters.

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