of Kovac 19 in the country to deal with a situation the government is stepping

up efforts on the diplomatic front our own Ji Young has more as the number of

kovat 19 cases soars in South Korea about a third of United Nations member

countries are restricting the entry of people traveling from South Korea

according to data from the foreign ministry as of Saturday afternoon at

least 71 countries are putting in place stronger quarantine measures or outright

entry bans to restrict visitors from South Korea over coronavirus concerns

this is an increase of six countries from the previous day vietnamese

authorities have rejected the landing of a plane at an airport in Hanoi arriving

from South Korea on Saturday the Oceania Airlines flight the country's second

biggest carrier was enroute to Vietnam when it turned back to Incheon

International Airport around 40 minutes after departing for Hanoi on Saturday

morning according to Oceania it decided to turn

back the flight when Vietnamese authorities asked the airplane to land

at Van Daan International Airport which is about 140 kilometers away from novi

international airport in Hanoi where it originally planned to land at least 33

countries are banning or partially banning the entry of people arriving

from South Korea up to from the previous day the list includes Malaysia and

Lebanon which were among the latest that decided to implement the measures

Kyrgyzstan will tighten up their measures to enforce entry bans on Sunday

by barring people arriving from countries within an increasing number of

Kovan 19 patients Japan and Singapore are prohibiting travelers from other

countries who have visited tegu and tendu in the Kong song book to province

in the past 14 days Hong Kong and Mongolia are barring travelers arriving

from South Korea also at least 38 nations including Latvia and Bulgaria in

Europe have toughened entry procedures up from 34 on the previous day nine

provinces in China including Shandong Leone and Shang

hi our strengthening the entry measures imposed on incoming foreigners from

South Korea despite the rising number of countries imposing entry bends the South

Korean government said diplomatic efforts are underway to resolve the

issues we have strongly protested to some governments that took such measures

without prior notice our diplomatic missions are actively negotiating with

other countries so we don't see any more situations that may baffle our nationals

she added that although the number of confirmed cases are rising in the

country the international community and the World Health Organization assessment

is that they trust in South Korea's ability to deal with the outbreak at the

same time the foreign ministry has advised citizens to refrain from

traveling to those restricted countries Tom Jiyeon Arirang news