The United States and other nations announced fresh border controls on foreigners who have been to China, amid a coronavirus scare
“There will be a huge number of people returning to the city. I think it will put Beijing at risk of more infections,” said Zhang Chunlei, 45, another returning migrant worker.
But Singapore and the United States announced measures on Friday to ban foreign nationals who have recently been in China from entering their territories.Australia followed suit, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying the country would deny entry to all foreign nationals travelling from mainland China from Saturday.
A woman wearing a face mask holds a child near a shopping mall in Beijing, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer Many of the private clinics catering to foreigners in China have started to turn away people with fevers.
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