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Vietnam-China passenger trains suspended as coronavirus spreads

Passenger Train T8701/MR2 from China to Vietnam will be suspended as from 18:05 on February 4 amidst the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
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Hanoi (VNA) – Passenger Train T8701/MR2 from China to Vietnam will besuspended as from 18:05 on February 4 amidst the spread of the acute respiratorydisease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV).

Earlierthe same day, the Ministry of Transport sent an urgent notice to the VietnamRailway Authority, the Vietnam Railways and the Transport Department of thenorthern border provinces of Lao Cai and Lang Son, on the implementation ofmeasures against the epidemic.

Underthe notice, Train MR1/T8702 from Vietnam to China will be halted as from 21:20on February 5.

Therail services will be resumed after the ministry issues a new notice.  

Meanwhile,international cargo trains through railway stations in Lang Son and Lao Caiwill maintain their usual operation.

Theministry asked the Vietnam Railway Authority and the Vietnam Railways to takecountermeasures while keeping a close watch on the development of the disease. 

As of February 4morning, Vietnam had recorded nine nCoV cases, with the latest patient being a30-year-old man in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, who returned to Vietnamfrom China’s Wuhan in January on a Southern China flight, the same flight withfour other Vietnamese previously tested positive for the novel virus.

According to theVietnamese Ministry of Health, the deadly virus has now spread to 27 countriesand territories worldwide, with 19,843 confirmed cases as of 6:00 on February4./.
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