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Coronavirus: India bars entry of foreigners who visited China recently

Coronavirus has claimed over 563 lives till Thursday and number of confirmed cases has risen to over 28,000. Three confirmed cases have been reported in Kerala

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Medics wait to check people, who recently travelled from China. PTI

Aneesh Phadnis Mumbai
As the sitution becomes grim over the novel-Coronavirus outbreak, the Bureau of Immigration has said that foreign national who have visited China on or before January 15 will not be allowed entry into India. The move follows similar decision by Australia, Singapore, US and a few other countries as China imposes travel ban.  

According to the bureau, foreigners who visited China on or after January 15 will not be allowed by air, sea or through land borders. Airline crew however are exempted from this rule.

Chinese citizens and foreigners living in China have already been restricted from travelling to India. Indian

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