Travle from the Schengen border-free travel area in Europe to US will be suspended from Friday at midnight, according to BBC. US sitizens are not believed to be affected.
US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new travel restrictions on Europe in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
But he said the "strong but necessary" restrictions would not apply to the UK, which has 460 cases of the virus.
A presidential proclamation issued later specified that only travellers from the 26 countries in the Schengen border-free travel area were barred.
This leaves a number of other European countries including Ireland unaffected.
"To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from Europe," Mr Trump said from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening.
"The new rules will go into effect Friday at midnight," he added. The travel order does not apply to US citizens.
(www.bbc.com - Coronavirus: Trump suspends travel from Europe to US)
Update - 15 Mar 2020
The US is to extend its European coronavirus travel ban to include the UK and Republic of Ireland from 04:00 GMT on Tuesday.
(www.bbc.com - Coronavirus: Spain and France announce sweeping restrictions)
