Armenia suspends visa-free rule for Chinese citizens - GulfToday

Armenia suspends visa-free rule for Chinese citizens

  • 31 Jan 2020
Spreading virus continues to cause worry

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Armenia to pause its visa-free travel rule for Chinese citizens from Feb. 1, the visa-free regime will continue after March. 31.

This decision is due to the coronavirus outbreak, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan wrote on social media on Friday.

Coronavirus is a virus that has a semblance with the SARS pathogen. 213 people have passed away from being infected by it. The virus came from a market in central Wuhan, China.

According to China’s National Health Commission, nearly 10,000 have been infected by the virus, as at Friday.

The outbreak has led to the World Health Organization declaring an international emergency.

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