Lao Cai suspends trains to China due to coronavirus outbreak
The operation of the trains from the northern border province of Lao Cai to China was suspended on February 3 as efforts are intensified against coronavirus outbreak.
Lao Cai (VNA) – The operation of the trains fromthe northern border province of Lao Cai to China was suspended on February 3 asefforts are intensified against coronavirus outbreak.
The provincial railway transport unit also established asteering committee on the prevention and control of coronavirus with 16members.
Do Thi Gam, head of the provincial railway station, said theHanoi Railway Transport JSC decided to suspend Trains SP1 and SP2 linking Hanoiand Lao Cai from February 1-3.
The Hanoi – Lao Cai Trains SP3 and SP4 still run asscheduled.
Also on February 3, Vietnam confirmed eight cases ofcoronavirus infection.
As of 7:30am the same day, the death toll from thecoronavirus has climbed to 362, including 361 in China and one in thePhilippines. A total of 17,387 people around the globe have been confirmedinfected with the virus, including 17,205 in China, according to the Ministryof Health./.
The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai now has quite favorable infrastructure to become a "bridge" on the Kunming (China)-Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong-Quang Ninh Economic Corridor.
The Department of Culture Sports and Tourism of the northern border province of Lao Cai has issued a document asking the tourism firms operating in the locality to suspend the entry and exit for tourists at the Lao Cai International Border Gate to China’s regions facing the risk of the acute pneumonia disease caused by the nCoV.
Trade between Vietnam and China has plunged as the latter suspended imports of Vietnamese goods via the Lao Cai International Border Gate from January 30.
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