Photos: Borders tighten as countries race to contain coronavirus outbreak

A German police officer directs a car at the German-French border after Germany announced border controls, as the country faces an aggressive progression of the coronavirus disease, in Kehl, Germany

People and police officers gather while the Hungarian-Austrian border is closed, near Nickelsdorf, Austria

A member of the Dominican Republic Armed Forces closes the gate at the border between Malpasse, in Haiti, and Jimani, in Dominican Republic, as seen from Malpasse, Haiti.

Recreational vehicles and cars of "snowbirds", a term for people who leave Canada before the snow falls and return in the spring, and other Canadians return after it was announced that the border would close to "non-essential traffic" to combat the spread of novel coronavirus disease at the US-Canada border crossing in Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

A view of the closed border between Peru and Bolivia, after Peru's government's announcement of the border closure, in Desaguadero, Bolivia

Health workers take the temperature of a police officer at Jorge Chavez International Airport after the Peruvian government closed the country's borders, in Lima, Peru

A lorry traffic jam is seen at the German-Polish border checkpoint Forst near Cottbus in Germany

Men carry a woman across the Tachira river, through an illegal crossing near the Colombian-Venezuelan border, after the Colombian government decided to close the Simon Bolivar international bridge as, in Cucuta, Colombia

Serbian army soldiers patrol at the Serbia's Batrovci border crossing with Croatia's Bajakovo, as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world near Batrovci, Serbia. Under the new set of restrictions, the Serbian military will take over all border crossings and maintain guard at over a dozen state-operated camps for illegal migrants from Asia and the Middle East.

A passenger awaiting the rescheduling of a cancelled flight is attended to upon fainting at Jorge Chavez International Airport after the Peruvian government closed the country's borders, in Lima, Peru

Trucks line up to US customs to enter into Blaine, Washington, at the truck route border crossing, after additional measures to combat the spread of novel coronavirus disease were announced, in Surrey, Canada

A truck driver Anatoly Koval shaves as he waits in a long queue to enter a crossing point at the border between Belarus and Lithuania, as Lithuania closed the borders for foreigners, near the village of Muravevka, Belarus

Emergency worker checks vehicles at Poland-Germany border following an order from the Polish government to set up controls over coronavirus disease in Kolbaskowo, Poland

Stranded passengers sit on the international bridge at the border between Peru and Bolivia, after Peru's government's announcement of the border closure in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, in Desaguadero, Bolivia

A nurse wearing a protective gear talks of travellers at a one-time special passage created to help people cross the Hungary-Austria border in Hegyeshalom, Hungary

Austrian police officer checks a car while the Hungarian-Austrian border is closed, near Nickelsdorf, Austria

A child wearing protective face mask is carried across the border between Colombia and Venezuela at Simon Bolivar international bridge in Cucuta, Colombia

Peruvian soldiers stand at the border between Peru and Bolivia after Peru's government's announcement of the border closure, in Desaguadero, Bolivia

A woman gets a temperature check, during coronavirus disease symptoms testing, on the Polish-German border crossing point coming from Frankfurt/Oder, Germany

A man looks at an information board displaying cancelled flights after Malaysia’s government closed its borders, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia

A woman wearing a protective mask carries her baby as she walks towards El Paso, Texas, US at the international border bridge Paso del Norte, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

A Haitian National Police (PNH) officer looks on as Haitians stand behind him in the border of Malpasse, Haiti. Haiti has suspended flights from Europe, Latin America and Canada and impose major restrictions on the border with the neighbouring Dominican Republic

A custom worker checks a person's temperature at the border between Chile and Peru, after Chile's government's announcement of the border closure, at Chacalluta check point, Arica, Chile

A nurse wearing protective gear checks the temperature of a man amid coronavirus disease concerns, at the border check point between Belarus and Lithuania near the village of Kamenny Log, Belarus