The Russian authorities have reinforced quarantine control at border crossing points due to an outbreak of a new coronavirus in neighboring China, the office of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said on Tuesday

Laboratories of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, commonly referred to as Rospotrebnadzor, have all the necessary equipment and specialists to diagnose coronavirus cases, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday

North Korea will temporarily shut its border to foreign tourists starting on Wednesday, a Chinese adventure travel firm said, amid fears over the spread of an infection caused by a novel coronavirus