Coronavirus: India suspends visa for travellers

New Delhi: India has suspended visas and e-visas conceded prior to March 11 to remote nationals of European nations – France, Germany and Spain in the wake of the rising number of coronavirus cases all around. 

"Customary visas (counting e visas) conceded to every outside national who have venture out history to these nations on or after February 1, 2020 and who have not yet entered India likewise stands suspended," the administration said in an announcement. 

"Visas of all outsiders as of now in India stay substantial and they may contact the closest FRRO/FRO through e-FRRO module for augmentation/change and so on of their visa or award of any consular assistance, on the off chance that they decide to do as such. A notice with this impact is being given by the Bureau of Immigration (BOI)," the announcement included. 

On Wednesday, World Health Organization (WHO) has portrayed he flare-up of the new coronavirus as a pandemic.