Indonesia to bar entry from 7 European countries & Iran to prevent coronavirus spread

Indonesia's foreign ministry on Tuesday anunced that it will prohibit entry of visitors from seven European countries plus Iran to prevent spre of coronavirus in country. As per reports, seven European countries are United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, and Vatican City. restriction will come into effect from March 20, foreign ministry confirmed. 

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Indonesian health ministry official Achm Yurianto on Tuesday said that his country is bracing for a significant rise in coronavirus cases as it widens its efforts to trace more patients. As per reports, Indonesian authorities faced criticism for ir handling of outbreak as doctors accused m of conducting far fewer tests than required. As per reports, Indonesia has so far conducted only 1,230 cases, in contrast South Korea which has tested more than 2,00,000 citizens. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

Indonesia has so far recorded 172 cases of coronavirus, of which 38 cases came in last 24 hours, while it has successfully treated 8 patients. According to data accessed by worldometer, Souast Asian country has logged five deaths since virus first broke out in December last year. total number of active cases in country currently stands at 159. Italy, Iran and Spain are most affected countries besides China, where virus cases have escalated rapidly. 

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COVID-19 has claimed more than 7,400 lives across globe and has infected over 1,87,000 people around world since it first broke out in December 2019. China is most affected country in world in this regard, though epicentre has recently shifted to Europe. According to latest reports, at least 3,000 people have died outside mainland China, which makes this worst disease outbreak of 21st century. India has thus far recorded 137 infections, with 3 people succumbing.

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