No plans to bar all Chinese nationals, only those from Hubei


JOHOR BARU (Bernama): The government is not planning to bar all Chinese nationals from visiting Malaysia, as there is no need for such action, so far, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

The recently instituted ban only applied to those from Hubei province, including the city of Wuhan where the 2019 novel coronavirus was first detected in December last year, said the Home Affairs Minister on Tuesday (Feb 4).

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