United States President, Donald Trump has banned 26 European countries from traveling to America.

The ban is aimed at combating the spread of Corona virus in US.

It has been granted to countries that are affected by the diseases called ‘the Schengen border-free travel area’.

The United Kingdom, Ireland and other non-Schengen countries are unaffected by the ban.

The ban did not also apply to the US citizens that are in Corona virus affected areas.

It will go into effect on Friday at midnight.

Currently, there are 1,135 confirmed cases of the virus across the US, with 38 deaths so far.