China News Service, March 13. According to Agence France-Presse, the Czech government announced on the 13th that due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Czech Republic imposed a travel ban on all foreigners from March 16 and banned all Czechs from leaving the country.

According to reports, Czech Interior Minister Hamacek stated that starting at 00:00 on the 16th, "we will ban all foreigners from entering the Czech Republic and also ban all Czech citizens from leaving Czech territory."

According to previous reports, on the 12th, due to the ongoing epidemic of new crown pneumonia, the Czech government announced that the country has entered a 30-day state of emergency and introduced a series of strict control measures. As of 12 days, 96 cases of new coronary pneumonia have been confirmed in the Czech Republic.