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  • Updated: January 30, 2020

Coronavirus: Russia To Close Border With China

Coronavirus: Russia To Close Border With China

Russia said Thursday it was closing its border with China to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told a government meeting that the order had been signed "to take measures to close the border (with China) in the Far East," Russian news agencies reported.

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The coronavirus epidemic has killed 132 people, infected nearly 6,000, and spread to some 15 countries.

AFP

 

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