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China’s Guangxi region tightens border controls amid increase in imported coronavirus cases
Reuters
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A woman wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, commutes on a train in Hong Kong on April 4, 2020. Credit: AFP Photo
A woman wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, commutes on a train in Hong Kong on April 4, 2020. Credit: AFP Photo

China's southwestern Guangxi region, which has borders with Vietnam, has suspended cross-border passenger transportation and restricted exit of citizens from the country amid concerns of an increase in imported coronavirus cases.

It has closed most ports except for a few being used for freight transportation, the Guangxi health commission said in a statement late on Friday.

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(Published 04 April 2020, 19:20 IST)