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Singapore bars arrivals from China over virus fears
Singapore bars arrivals from China over virus fears
Agence France-Presse
Published Jan 31, 2020 06:53 PM PHT
An official wearing a mask waits upon arrival of a flight from Hangzhou, China at Changi Airport, Singapore January 22, 2020. Yiming Woo, Reuters
Singapore on Friday announced a sweeping ban on arrivals from mainland China as authorities toughened measures to prevent the spread of the fast-spreading 2019 Novel Coronavirus.
The move was a dramatic expansion of earlier measures that affected only arrivals from central Hubei province and came after the World Health Organization declared the new coronavirus an international emergency.
The virus, which originated from Wuhan, capital of Hubei, has killed at least 200 people and infected some 10,000 mostly in China as of Friday, with several cases confirmed in other parts of Asia, Europe, and North America.
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