(VOVWORLD) - Nations are boosting measures to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic and help businesses in this difficult time.
 Workers sanitize a mall in Seoul, South Korea (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) |
The risk of infection in the EU has been raised from medium to high, said the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, adding that the EU has mobilized all resources to cope with the epidemic.
The UK government recommended stocking reserves of food and medicine and asked banks to use all available means to support the economy.
120 schools in France’s infected areas were closed. Authorities canceled all student overseas trips and banned indoor gatherings of more than 5,000 people.
The Indian Health Ministry recommended suspending all entry visas issued before Wednesday for citizens from Italy, Iran, South Korea, and Japan.
Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry announced that all passengers from Italy, Iran, and South Korea will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine. Travelers arriving by sea will not be allowed to disembark.
The first field hospital in Wuhan, the first of 16 field hospitals there, shut down after its last Covid-19 patients was discharged.
The US Federal Reserve said it will cut the interest rate to between 1.0 and 1.25 percent.