New advice for travelling to US
The Foreign Office has warned against all but essential travel to the US. The move comes hours after Washington said a ban on flights from the UK would be introduced because of Britain's coronavirus outbreak.
A Foreign Office spokesperson said: We are advising against all but essential travel to the USA following the US government announcement imposing restrictions on travel from the UK...
The announcement was made shortly before Britons become subject to America's ban on travellers from European countries.
Britain joins the list at 4am GMT on Tuesday 17 March. Acting homeland security secretary Chad Wolf said the ban had been extended because of the growing outbreak in the UK, where 21 people have died.
Downing Street said on Saturday night that Boris Johnson had...