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India is temporarily suspending all tourist visas amid the global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak effective Friday, March 13.

"All existing visas, except diplomatic, official, UN/international organizations, employment, project visas, stand suspended till 15th April 2020," the Indian Health Ministry tweeted Wednesday.

The health ministry also advised Indian citizens to avoid non-essential travel and informed them they're potentially subject to a 14-day quarantine upon arrival.

India currently has 60 confirmed cases of the virus and 1 death - nearly 20 times less than the U.S., according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering. Earlier on Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, with one of the organization's leaders citing the severity and the speed at which the disease is spreading.