Asian gov’ts warn citizens to avoid trips to new coronavirus-hit areas
Several Asian governments on February 11 raised their travel warning for the new coronavirus, officially called Covid-19, as the death toll from the epidemic in mainland China soared past 1,000.
Hanoi (VNA) – Several Asian governments on February 11 raised their travel warning for the new coronavirus, officially called Covid-19, as the death toll from the epidemic in mainland China soared past 1,000.
The government of Taiwan (China) asked its citizens to avoid all non-essential trips to Hong Kong and Macau and advised them to take precautions if going to Singapore and Thailand.
The Republic of Korea also strongly advised its nationals to limit their travel to Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore, in addition to China.
The measure is part of efforts to prevent the inflow of the novel coronavirus into the country through a third nation, said Kim Gang-lip, deputy head of the RoK’s central disaster headquarters during a regular press briefing.
According to the RoK’s Centres for Disaster Control and Prevention (CDC), as the numer of the Covid-19 infections has reached 36 in Hong Kong and 10 in Macau, and the two are designated as contaminated areas. Every person arriving from the two territories must undergo an individual body temperature check and submit a health status report.
Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs raised the alert level for travel to Singapore to Yellow, the second level in a four-tier system, urging its citizens to take extra precautions when they visit the neighbouring country.
"All travelers to Singapore are urged to take extra precautions to prevent transmission of the virus," the Foreign Affairs Ministry said on its website.
Indonesians who plan to visit or are already in Singapore have been told to keep themselves fit, improve hygiene and avoid unnecessary outdoor activities.
The new warning was issued after Singapore upgraded its disease outbreak response system to Orange, the same level applied for the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003./.
Philippine health authorities on February 10 announced that the country’s first patient infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was discharged from the hospital.
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Directly contacting with nCoV patients, physicians and nurses at Emergency Department of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases are under pressure from not only the disease but also their surrounding people.
Malaysian Minister of Finance Lim Guan Eng said on February 11 that the government will announce its economic stimulus package to mitigate the economic impacts of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
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The article stressed that throughout his revolutionary career, the founder of modern Vietnam consistently regarded the revolutionary press as a vital part of the Vietnamese Party’s and nation’s revolutionary struggle.
Pichai said the trade talks with the US are important and need to move forward professionally, without regard for any political changes in Thailand, believing that Thailand has clear principles, guidelines and procedures in place.
The tax adjustment supports the Malaysian Government’s strategy to reduce reliance on foreign food supply chains and to assist domestic farmers, a finance official has said.
The proposed venue is located in the Chatuchak area of Bangkok, featuring eight public sites, including Krungthep Aphiwat Central Terminal and several nearby parks.
Connectivity is expected to improve further with the completion of the fifth Laos–Thailand Friendship Bridge by the end of 2025, facilitating logistics and agricultural exports to Vietnam, Thailand, and China.
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In the today context of socio-economic development and growth, the professionalism of Vietnam’s revolutionary journalists continues to rise, guided by exemplary mastery of new information technologies and the modernisation of their founding principles to preserve the enduring values of revolutionary journalism.
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Illustrative image (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
