Sabah expands entry restriction for travellers from South Korea starting March 1
Saturday, 29 Feb 2020 07:22 PM MYT
KOTA KINABALU, Feb 29 — Foreigners and Malaysian who are non-residents of Sabah with recent travel history to South Korea within the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter the state with immediate effect starting tomorrow, said Sabah State Secretary Datuk Safar Untong. The temporary prohibition order to enter Sabah also applied to all transit passengers originating or through South Korea, he said in a statement here today.
“Although Sabah is until to date free of any person tested positive for this Covid-19, nevertheless, in order to contain the spread of the Covid-19, the state government of Sabah has expanded the travel restriction to all points of entry by air, sea or by land with immediate effect from March 1,” he added.
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