Covid-19: India cancels almost all visas, closes Myanmar border


India will suspend a majority of visas from March 13 to April 15, 2020. - Relaxnews

MUMBAI (Reuters): India said on Wednesday (March 11) it will suspend the vast majority of visas to the country in a wide-reaching attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus, as cases across the region continued to rise.

The virus has hit Europe and the United States far harder than China’s most immediate neighbours in South Asia, where no one has yet died.

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