The Chinese National Health Commission announced Thursday that, as of Wednesday, it has received a total of 7,771 cases of novel coronavirus and 171 deaths.
Nearly all of China's neighboring nations have at least partially sealed their borders or restricted travel to and from the People's Republic amid a novel coronavirus outbreak that has spread beyond even the figures reported for the country's last deadly disease epidemic.
An empty road is seen in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 27, amid a deadly virus outbreak which began in the city. Nearly all of China's neighbors have totally or partially closed their doors to the People's Republic amid the spread of the novel coronavirus around the world.
The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry issued a statement Thursday saying that its embassy and consular offices in China were receiving calls and appeals from Kyrgyz citizens across the border"on a regular, round-the-clock basis, as well as their relatives to provide the necessary information and advice, as well as to provide possible practical assistance and assistance.
The United Wa State Army, an ethnic insurgent group controlling a semi-autonomous province that borders both China and Thailand, announced Sunday that it too imposing strict border measures and even shutting down entertainment centers in order to battle the coronavirus, as reported byThe Nepali Ministry of Home Affairs spokesperson Kedar Nath Sharma said Tuesday that the Rasuwagadhi border was closed today for 15 days"to prevent people infected with coronavirus from entering Nepal,"...
North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un himself instructed officials Sunday that"sanitary quarantine should be strengthened at borders, ports, and airfields, and thorough prevention measures should be taken to prevent the disease from entering our country," according to the state-run Uriminzokkiri website.
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