Vietnam expands foreign visa ban, 85 coronavirus cases in country

Health and medical officers wearing protective suits amid concerns of the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak resting outside a quarantine area at the Thanh Tri district in the suburbs of Hanoi on Friday (March 20). Vietnam has reported a total of 85 cases in the country on Friday. - AFP

HANOI: Vietnam will temporarily suspend visa-free travel for citizens of Japan, Belarus and Russia from Saturday as its health ministry reported nine more coronavirus cases on Friday (March 20), bringing total in the country to 85.

The foreign ministry had already suspended visa waivers for nine European countries and South Korea.