The British government on Friday said no exemption has been granted to French travellers arriving in the UK from proposed new two-week quarantine rules.
The World Health Organization has warned there is a long way to go before the coronavirus pandemic is brought under control, reiterating calls for having systems in place to detect new cases.
The United States recorded 1,813 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 84,059, according to the latest real-time tally Wednesday reported by Johns Hopkins University.