The new centre will replace the existing centres in Motijheel and Uttara from July 15.

Along with the extension, the government will also allow for the conversion of a regular visa into medical category in case of an emergency.

Home Ministry officials also said sub-categories of visa have been reduced from 104 to 65, thus rationalising and simplifying the visa regime and removing confusion.

Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right politician, came to power at the beginning of the year and has made it a policy to reduce visa requirements from a number of developed countries.

The international airports where the facility will be available are in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

Altogether, 67 people have contracted the virus — a chunk of them are a group of tourists from Italy.

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Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was aware of it and will take an appropriate decision soon.

Coronavirus lockdown: The government has eased visa restrictions for some categories of foreigners who want to visit India