Raging like a wild fire all across the globe, the recent coronavirus outbreak has now forced China and the Maldives into another round of submission with the respective authorities imposing new domestic restrictions.
After putting a number of popular islands and resorts in a lock-down in the past few days, the Maldivian Public Health Ministry today declared a state of public health emergency in the country for a period of 30 days starting March 12, 2020 via a tweet.
China, on the other hand, as suggested by media reports, has cancelled permits for Mount Everest expeditions right before the start of the spring climbing season in 2020. The Chinese authorities have reportedly come out with this decision keeping in view the constantly increasing number of climbers applying for permits to climb the world's highest mountain and the lethal coronovirus outbreak that has already claimed more than 3,000 lives in the country till now.
However, the trek to Mount Everest remains open from Nepal for now even though the local expedition operators have reported a few cancellations.
With such large scale restrictions, we can only hope that coronavirus is contained as soon as possible.
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