Monday night the decision was made to close all external borders of the EU and, in particular, the external borders of the coverage area of the Schengen agreement. The order comes into force at noon Central European time on Tuesday. Its validity is 30 days.
Today, EU countries became the main source of spread of the pandemic, the most difficult situation in Italy, followed by Spain, Germany and France.
it became known yesterday that leading corporations in France, such as "Michelin" and "Peugeot-Citroen", completely stop the enterprise. Airports are closed, public transport will operate according urethanea schedule.
for its part, the who called for more screening for the presence of the pathogen COVID-19.
"we Cannot bury our heads in the sand and act randomly. We will not be able to halt the pandemic if we don't know who's infected. Diagnosis you want to distribute as widely as possible. Every suspicious case should be checked," said tedros adhanom Ghebreyesus, who Director-General.