The expanded list, first reported by Politico, may include Belarus,

Myanmar (also known as Burma), Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria,

Sudan and Tanzania. Different versions of this list have been
considered among the administration for weeks, US media said.

In June 2018, the Supreme Court upheld Mr Trump's ban, rejecting

findings from

Reports of the expanded ban come just after the three-year

anniversary of the initial order.

The controversial ban, signed by the president seven days after he

took office in January 2017, initially excluded travellers from
seven majority-Muslim countries. The list was modified following a
series of court challenges and now restricts some citizens of Iran,
Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela and North Korea.

Sudan says a man in his 50s who died on Thursday in the capital,
Khartoum, had coronavirus, confirming the country's first case.

The man had visited the UAE in the first week of March, health
authorities said.

lower courts that deemed the ban unconstitutional.

White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement that the

administration had no new planned announcements related to the
ban, which he described as "profoundly successful in protecting
our country and raising the security baseline around the world".

"Common sense and national security both dictate that if a

country wants to fully participate in U.S. immigration programs,
they should also comply with all security and counter-terrorism
measures," Mr Gidley says. "Because we do not want to import
terrorism or any other national security threat into the United
States."
Critics of the ban have noted that major attacks such as the 9/11
New York attacks, the Boston marathon bombing and the Orlando
nightclub attack were carried out by people from countries not on
the list or by US-born attackers.

And unlike the initial list, the possible additions include countries
with a strong relationship to the US. Nigeria, for example, is a
counter-terrorism partner for the US.

The expanded list, first reported by Politico, may include Belarus,

Myanmar (also known as Burma), Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria,
Sudan and Tanzania. Different versions of this list have been
considered among the administration for weeks, US media said.

In June 2018, the Supreme Court upheld Mr Trump's ban, rejecting

findings from

Reports of the expanded ban come just after the three-year

anniversary of the initial order.

The controversial ban, signed by the president seven days after he

took office in January 2017, initially excluded travellers from
seven majority-Muslim countries. The list was modified following a
series of court challenges and now restricts some citizens of Iran,
Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela and North Korea.

Sudan says a man in his 50s who died on Thursday in the capital,
Khartoum, had coronavirus, confirming the country's first case.

The man had visited the UAE in the first week of March, health
authorities said.

Sudan has stopped issuing visas for, and flights to, eight countries,
including Italy and neighbouring Egypt, over fears of the
coronavirus outbreak.

Bus trips to Egypt have also been suspended.

Egypt was the first country in Africa to confirm a case of
coronavirus. It has recorded two deaths and now has at least 80
cases.

Read more: Could African countries cope with an outbreak?

A London Underground train driver on the Jubilee Line has tested

positive for coronavirus, Transport for London (TfL) has said.

The driver, based at the North Greenwich depot, had recently

returned from a holiday in Vietnam.

It comes as the mayor of London cancelled the upcoming St

Patrick's Day celebrations because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Sadiq Khan said he had been left with no choice but to call off the
event.

It was due to take place in Trafalgar Square on Sunday and official

St Patrick's Day events have been held in London since 2002 and
attract more than 50,000 people.

A London Underground train driver on the Jubilee Line has tested

positive for coronavirus, Transport for London (TfL) has said.

The driver, based at the North Greenwich depot, had recently

returned from a holiday in Vietnam.

It comes as the mayor of London cancelled the upcoming St

Patrick's Day celebrations because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Sadiq Khan said he had been left with no choice but to call off the
event.
It was due to take place in Trafalgar Square on Sunday and official
St Patrick's Day events have been held in London since 2002 and
attract more than 50,000 people.