As COVID-19 cases continued to surge in Europe, European Union (EU) leaders today approved a plan to close its external borders for the next 30 days.And as disease activity escalated in other parts of the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) today warned about rapidly evolving outbreaks in its Southeast Asia region, which includes some nations in southern Asia, like India.The EU ban is similar to the ban the United States last week placed on European countries, with followed an earlier ban on travel from China and other virus hot spots.
Members of the Schengen countries and the United Kingdom are exempt from the ban, which does not apply to the movement of goods.The European Commission also launched a European expert group to
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