The United States will broaden its European coronavirus travel ban, adding the United Kingdom and Ireland to the list.
The ban will come into play midnight Monday, Vice-President Mike Pence announced.
"The president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the UK and Ireland," he said. "Americans in the UK and Ireland can come home. Legal residents can come home . . . they will be funnelled through specific airports and process."
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump, who has tested negative for COVID-19, hinted he was considering domestic travel restrictions "specifically from certain areas".
"If you don’t have to travel, I wouldn’t do it," he told reporters.
In the UK, the total number of deaths has touched 21, with 1,140 infections.
The US Central Command said it will begin implementing a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports on April 13 at 10 a.m. ET (1400 GMT), after President Donald Trump said the US Navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz.
Hungary's veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orban conceded defeat on Sunday after a landslide election victory by the upstart opposition Tisza party, in a setback for his allies in Russia and US President Donald Trump's White House.
President Donald Trump said on Sunday the US Navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes after marathon talks with Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war, jeopardising a fragile two-week ceasefire.
At least 200 people are feared dead after Nigerian military jets struck a village market while pursuing rebels in the northeast of the country on Saturday night, a councillor for the area and residents said on Sunday.
Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Sunday of breaching the 32-hour ceasefire in their four-year war, reporting more than a thousand drone and shelling attacks just hours after the truce began on Saturday to mark Orthodox Easter.
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US military to begin Iran maritime blockade on Monday
Hungary's Orban concedes landmark election defeat
Trump vows to blockade Strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks stumble
Nigerian airstrike hits market, 200 feared dead
Russia, Ukraine trade accusations of ceasefire violations
