Vietnam schools close to prevent coronavirus outbreak

A security staff standing at the entrance of a primary school closed to prevent the spread of corona virus in Hanoi on Monday (Feb 3). Vietnam has closed schools and suspended mainland China flights over virus fears as it spread to two dozen nations and killed more than 300 people in China. - AFP

HANOI: Schools in at least 26 of Vietnam's 64 provinces are closed on Monday (Feb 3) following a government directive shuttering them for seven days in an attempt to prevent a coronavirus outbreak.

Some 15 million out of the country's 24 million students are not attending school on Monday.