Published 05:26 IST, February 2nd 2020

Russia imposes various restrictions on Chinese citizens over deadly Coronavirus

In an order on Saturday, the government has decided to halt visa-free tourism and has also restricted work visas to Chinese citizens.

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Russian government has decided to restrict entry of Chinese nationals in country amid outbreak and spre of dely Coronavirus. In an order on Saturday, government has decided to halt visa-free tourism and has also restricted work visas to Chinese citizens. More than 300 people have lost ir lives due to virus.

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order said that decision was taken to contain spre of virus. decision comes two days after Russia closed its land border with China, to restrict spre of disease. 

USA, Australia, Singapore and Japan have imposed travel restrictions and Vietnam suspended all flights to China. USA declared a public emergency over outbreak of virus. Under ban,  foreign national who has travelled to China in last two weeks will be allowed to enter country. country has also asked it's citizens to t travel to China. 

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On Saturday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison anunced strict new restrictions for people travelling from China and warned Australians t to travel to mainland China in an attempt to reduce exposure to dely new virus. Government expanded area covered by restrictions to include all of mainland China, t just Hubei province where Coronavirus first emerged. Australian citizens, permanent residents and ir immediate families will be exempted from restriction but will be forced to undergo a self-isolation period of 14 days after leaving mainland China. 

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virus has been declared as a global public health emergency by World Health Organisation (WHO). organization has maintained that it has full faith in efforts taken up by Chinese government to control virus and that government is doing a remarkable job. 

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India, Banglesh, Indonesia, South Korea, and Turkey are latest countries to have started evacuating ir citizens on Saturday.

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05:26 IST, February 2nd 2020