Turkey is suspending flights to nine European countries

Turkey will halt travel to and from nine European countries, said Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, according to Turkey's state run news agency Anadolu.

Passengers coming from Germany, Spain, France, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, and the Netherlands will not be allowed into Turkey.

Travel from Turkey to those countries will also be suspended.

Travelers who already have tickets from those countries to Turkey between today and April 17 can change their reservations free of charge, as long as the new reservation is a flight before May 31, Turkish Airlines said on its website.

Turkey has five confirmed cases of coronavirus, according to WHO and Johns Hopkins University & Medical.