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Province suspends tourists’ entry, exit through int’l border gate

Northern border province suspends tourists’ entry, exit through int’l border gate

The Department of Culture Sports and Tourism of the northern border province of Lao Cai has issued a document asking the tourism firms operating in the locality to suspend the entry and exit for tourists at the Lao Cai International Border Gate to China’s regions facing the risk of the acute pneumonia disease caused by the nCoV.
Northern border province suspends tourists’ entry, exit through int’l border gate ảnh 1The Lao Cai International Border Gate in Lao Cai province (Photo: VNA)

Lao Cai (VNA) – The Department of Culture Sportsand Tourism of the northern border province of Lao Cai has issued a documentasking the tourism firms operating in the locality to suspend the entry andexit for tourists at the Lao Cai International Border Gate to China’s regionsfacing the risk of the acute pneumonia disease caused by the nCoV.

Besides, the department has asked them to seriously abide byprovisions and advisories by the Ministry of Health and relevant authorities onthe prevention of the spread of the virus.

Earlier, tourism authorities of China’s Yunnan province senta notice to Vietnamese tourism companies, asking them to suspend entry and exitfor tourists at the province’s Hekou border gate from January 26.

By the end of January 26, 80 deaths from the nCoV-causeddisease and 2,744 infected cases had been reported in China.

The virus has spread to more than 10 countries around theworld.

Vietnam currently counts 59 suspected cases of nCoV, withtwo tested positive for the virus and being treated at the Cho Ray hospital inHo Chi Minh City. Both of the two are Chinese./.
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