A member of airport security wearing protective gear monitors passengers on arrival at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on March 26, 2020. - AFP
BEIJING (The Straits Times/ANN): China has banned foreigners with valid visas and residence permits from entering the country in a drastic move that amounts almost to a total shutdown of its borders as it also severely restricts international flights.
In a late-night announcement on Thursday night (March 26), its foreign ministry said only diplomats, those engaged in emergency humanitarian work, or “necessary economic, trade, scientific or technological activities” and those with C visas are exempted from the suspension, which will begin Saturday.
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