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Russia to shut border with China amid coronavirus outbreak

Moscow | ByAgence France-Presse
Jan 30, 2020 04:42 PM IST

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told in a government meeting that the order had been signed ‘to take measures to close the border (with China) in the Far East’.

Russia said on Thursday it was closing its border with China to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and would stop issuing electronic visas to Chinese nationals.

Tourists wear protective face masks as they walk in Red Square near the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday, January 28.(Bloomberg)
Tourists wear protective face masks as they walk in Red Square near the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday, January 28.(Bloomberg)

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told in a government meeting that the order had been signed “to take measures to close the border (with China) in the Far East”.

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“We have to do everything to protect our people,” he said.

The Russian foreign ministry said that as of Thursday it would stop issuing Chinese citizens with electronic visas, which can be used to cross into parts of the Far East and western Russia.

The foreign ministry also advised Russians to refrain from travelling to China and for those in China to get in touch with the Russian embassy.

Russia does not have any confirmed cases of the new virus but the Russian government has set up a task force to prevent its possible spread.

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