Covid-19: Arrivals from Italy, Iran, South Korea banned
| The Perikatan Nasional cabinet has decided to impose a travel ban on all arrivals from Italy, Iran and South Korea.
Quoting newly minted Health Minister Dr Adham Baba, the Health Ministry announced the directive on its official Twitter account. Malaysia previously placed banned travellers from certain provinces of these countries - Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna in Italy; Tehran, Qom and Gilan in Iran; as well as Daegu city and Cheongdo district in South Korea.
Italy has the second-highest number of cases in the world with 10,149 testing positive for Covid-19 and 631 deaths.
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