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(Mar) , : PM IST        PTI   all foreign nationals who have travel history to these countries on or after Feb 1 and who have not yet entered India also stands suspended

• New notification was issued after Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba held a high-level meeting of secretaries of various ministries
• NEW DELHI : Amid the rising cases of coronavirus affliction globally, India on Tuesday barred entry of the nationals of three more countries – France, Germany and spain – suspending the regular as well as e-visas granted to them till date.

• “All regular (sticker) Visas / e-Visas granted to nationals of France, Germany and Spain and issued on or before March 10 and who have not yet entered India stand suspended with immediate effect, “said a Bureau of Immigration notification issued late Tuesday night.

  Regular visas, including e visas, granted to all foreign nationals who have travel history to these countries on or after February 1 and who have not yet entered India also stands suspended, it said.

  The new notification was issued shortly after Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Tuesday held a high-level meeting of secretaries of various ministries and departments, grappling to contain the spread of the deadly Covid – .

  The meeting was held to review the status, actions, preparedness and management of COVID – 90 cases in the country, an official statement of Union Health Ministry said after the meeting.

  With more than Countries across the world now having reported cases of COVID – 90, the Union Health Ministry in its advisory also urged its citizens returning from abroad to self-monitor their health and follow the recommended do’s and dont’s.

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