WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday (March 12) defended the Trump administration’s new restrictions on travel from European nations, saying the epicentre of the coronavirus has shifted from Asia to Europe. 

In a round of television interviews, the Republican vice president said thousands more COVID-19 cases were expected in the United States, and that clamping down on European travellers was just part of the administration’s strategy as US cases swell.