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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2022
Malaysia expands China traveler ban as coronavirus spreads

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Reuters
09 February, 2020, 03:30 pm
Last modified: 09 February, 2020, 03:34 pm

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Malaysia expands China traveler ban as coronavirus spreads

Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the decision follows China’s move to extend its lockdown to five cities in Zhejiang and two in Jiangsu

Reuters
09 February, 2020, 03:30 pm
Last modified: 09 February, 2020, 03:34 pm
Malaysia expands China traveler ban as coronavirus spreads

Malaysia has expanded a ban on visitors from China to include Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, after China's decision to lock down cities in the provinces to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak that has claimed over 800 lives.

The Southeast Asian nation on Jan. 27 imposed a temporary ban on travelers arriving from the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, and the surrounding province of Hubei.

Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the decision follows China's move to extend its lockdown to five cities in Zhejiang and two in Jiangsu.

China's Hubei province, where Wuhan is the capital, has been on lockdown since Jan. 23.

"[The] travel restrictions will be enforced in accordance with the lock-down region imposed by the Chinese Government," Wan Azizah said in a statement on Sunday.

The restriction will be imposed on all tourists regardless of nationality who have visited Hubei, Zhejiang and Jiangsu, she added.

Malaysia has reported 17 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Sunday, two of which had been discharged after making a recovery.

Twelve of the confirmed cases are Chinese nationals, while the rest are Malaysians, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, the director general of health at the country's Ministry of Health, said in a statement on Sunday.

The latest case is a 65-year-old woman, the mother-in-law to a 41-year-old Malaysian man who contracted the virus after attending a company meeting in Singapore last month.

At least three people who attended that meeting, including the Malaysian man, have contracted the virus, sparking a World Health Organization investigation of the case.

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mainland China has reached 811 as of Saturday, according to China's National Health Commission.

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