Coronavirus update: Europe starts closing down borders | DW News

Travel into Europe, the current epicenter of the coroanvirus pandemic, is being severely restricted. European Union leaders have agreed on a 30-day ban on travellers entering the bloc. The decision will affect most non-citizens and non-residents of the European Union - with some exceptions. It will be up to each member state to implement the new regulations. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the EU would do what's necessary to protect the public's health and the economy.
European countries aren't the only ones clamping down on their borders. The United States and Canada, which share the world's longest land frontier, are working out the details of banning all non-essential travel between the two countries. Australia has declared its first-ever 'human biosecurity emergency.' Prime Minister Scott Morrison has advised Australians not to travel abroad. Saudi Arabia, which holds the rotating chair of G-20 countries, says it will convene a video summit next week to coordinate the coronavirus response among the world's biggest economies. And Japan's deputy prime minister says holding the Summer Olympics would make 'no sense' if countries can't send athletes.

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[SH-vzef]

First case in Greenland reported.... every Plague Inc. player knows what that means...

[CharlesvanDijk-irbl]

Germany shutting borders, we live indeed in challenging times.

[lamebubblesflysohigh]

Slovakia was actually the very first EU country closing its borders and now they have more or less linear spread of the disease not exponential like some countries. If everyone followed or did same thing in same time this situation didn't have to be this bad.

[RepentorPerish]

Oh now you realize open borders can be a problem 😂😂😂

[ahsanmohammed]

8:45
Re “China had only one new case.”
I have difficulty believing info from China.
Two, what is the status of the current restrictions in China?

[nevermagic]

Why europa help other's when they can't even help own citizen

[stewartprofessionalservice]

Rights in Europe or anywhere are tricky. This ban for 30 days will save thousands. Maybe think of them not yourself next spring🤗 still with us

[reggaeineuropeswitzerland]

The fact that poland and czech republic is combatting this virus so seriously from january and have kept their numbers down while richer countries were slight and neglectful says a lot. Power shift probably..?

[RUHappyATM]

Service Industries are going to get hit hard.
Tourism and Education, I'm looking at you.

Never put all your eggs in one basket.

[c.greystone]

DW rocks! Comprehensive, Straightforward, Concise, Non-partisan, Worldwide. Keep it up DW!

[hofct]

I love the retro style, it looks like the video is encoded from a VHS tape.

Whytf they holding guns this ain't no zombie outbreak gotdamn 😂🤣

[ssjbrandon]

For me i dont care about the blame game. What i care is that it was covered up in Wuhan for 3 weeks before a doctor talked about to the rest of the world. I feel like if this came to light right at the start it would of been a different story.

[flooooooo]

Image quality is rather low, what’s up here? Even at 1080p it looks overly compressed and mushy

[marymaria]

One huge economy breakdown is coming..👏🏻whoever made this virus has done a great job so far, and the media helps a lot, too. Well done, boys! But don t worry, y all paying for everything in the afterlife.

[torelethain]

WHAT??? Open borders isn't a good idea? Who would have thought?

[whatevergoesforme]

Too late to do this. Travel ban should have been done in January and should be to and from China but the PC culture prevailed so many countries were afraid to be called racist by China and lose China's favor.

[lillianlin]

It's the matter of life and death, stay at home and be diciplined. Don't abuse your freedom.

[神赠礼]

it's never too late to take actions.
hold on and you will make it.

[lyhuewynegar]

The EU seems to suffer from massive bureaucratic tripwires and weak leadership throughout.