(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Belarus temporarily restricts entry of foreign citizens by land and water
China News Service, Moscow, October 31. According to the Belarusian News Agency, the State Border Defense Commission of Belarus announced on the 31st that to prevent the spread of the new crown epidemic, it will temporarily restrict the entry of foreign citizens and stateless persons through roads, railways and waterways from November 1. .
Foreign citizens entering the country through the Belarusian capital Minsk International Airport are not restricted.
According to the Belarusian State Border Defense Commission, foreigners not affected by this measure also include: foreign citizens holding diplomatic and official passports, relevant personnel engaged in various international transportation businesses, foreign citizens with residence rights or work permits in Belarus, and transit Russian citizens returning from Belarus, etc.
The State Border Defense Commission of Belarus stated that people entering from countries with severe epidemics are required to self-quarantine for 10 days after entering Belarus, except for diplomats and their families.
Earlier, Belarusian President Lukashenko said that the border should be closed because of the "surging increase" in the number of people infected with the new crown virus in EU countries.
According to RIA Novosti, citing sources from the Belarusian State Border Defense Commission, the border between Belarus and Russia is currently uncontrolled.
This regulation mainly targets foreign citizens entering Belarus from Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.
According to news from the Ministry of Health of Belarus on the 31st, there were 983 new confirmed cases of the new crown virus in the country in the past day, with a total of more than 98,000 confirmed cases.
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