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Lockdown: World travel bans to curb coronavirus

A passenger, wearing protective mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), looks on her mobile phone at the almost empty Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan, March 14, 2020. [Reuters]

Countries around the world on Saturday continued to close borders, impose strict entry and quarantine requirements and restrict large gatherings to contain the spread of new coronavirus.

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