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GFMM desk: Indonesia's trade minister will temporarily stop importing food and drink from China in order to prevent Coronavirus spreading in Southeast Asian countries. Indonesia's Commerce Minister said this on Monday (February 3, 2020).
Minister Agus Suparmanto told reporters that the arrangements would be made soon. And "it will remain in effect until the virus problem is over".
China is Indonesia's largest trading partner. Indonesia imports garlic and fruit from other Southeast Asian countries into China among other food and beverages.
In China the death toll from the Coronavirus has risen to 361. The virus has been infected in China so far with 17 thousand peoples. Meanwhile the World Health Organization has already declared a state of emergency around the world with Coronavirus.
Besides, several countries, including Singapore, the United States, New Zealand, Russia, Japan, have said that citizens traveling to China recently will not be allowed to enter the country.
Coronavirus first appeared in Wuhan, China, last December. The number of infected people is constantly increasing in this virus.
Source: Online/SZK
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