Vietnamese airlines endures $430m loss amid coronavirus outbreak

With China and or parts of world reeling from coronavirus outbreak, Vietnamese airlines h reportedly endured a loss worth $430 million following travel bans between Vietnam and China. According to reports, country declared a state of public health emergency on February 1 and banned all flights to and from China in order to curb spre of virus.

Travel ban to affect approximately 40K

According to reports, Vietnam's civil aviation authority said that travel ban would affect approximately 400,000 people every month. statement furr ded that percent of passengers on international flights fell 14.1 per cent during first week of February during last year. Jetstat Pacific Airlines, Vietjet Aviation and Vietnam Airlines operate on 72 flight routes between Vietnam and China.

Vietnam has confirmed ar case of a new coronavirus outbreak on February 11, bringing up its total tally to 15. Vietnamese ministry reportedly said in a statement that case was of a three-month-old baby who got infected after her grandmor tested positive for virus on February 9. According to reports 10 out of 15, confirmed cases were from rrn province of Vinh Phuc.

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Death toll increases in coronavirus related cases

death toll for coronavirus outbreak in China reportedly jumped to 1,115 on February 12 with ar 1,638 new confirmed cases, according to Hubei's health commission. total number of confirmed cases across China are w more than 44,200. virus was officially also named 'COVID-19' at a conference in Geneva held by World Health Organisation, where body's chief said that countries h a chance of stopping its global spre. Earlier this month, WHO also declared Coronavirus as a 'global public health emergency'.

WHO he Tedros ham Ghebreyesus also reportedly said that although 99 per cent of cases are in China, where it remains 'very much an emergency', it also 'holds a very grave threat for rest of world'. In order to tackle spreing virus, WHO stated that international community has furr launched a $675 million preparedness and response plan covering months of February through to April 2020.

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