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Tripura bans entry of foreign tourists in COVID-19 scare
TIWN March 16, 2020
TIWN March 16, 2020
PHOTO : Chief Secretaru addressing mmedia. TIWN Pic March 16, 2020
AGARTALA, March 16 (TIWN): Tripura, on Saturday, became the fifth state to ban entry of foreign tourists, amid the coronavirus outbreak. Other states to have taken a similar measure are Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Manipur.
Tripura, on Saturday, became the fifth state to ban entry of foreign tourists, amid the coronavirus outbreak. Other states to have taken a similar measure are Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Manipur.
Sikkim had banned entry of foreign tourists as early as March 6 to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Arunachal Pradesh took the same step after reports of a US tourist, who had stayed in Assam, testing positive for COVID-19 in Bhutan. The bans have adversely affected the tourism sector if the northeastern states.
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