Travel ban extended to other Chinese provinces under lockdown amid coronavirus outbreak, says Wan Azizah


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The temporary travel ban on Chinese nationals arriving from Hubei province and the city of Wuhan will be extended to all other provinces placed under lockdown by the Chinese government in the wake of the 2019 novel coronavirus infection.

"The Immigration Department will also from now impose a travel ban on a province as soon as the Chinese government declares it under lockdown," Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (pic) said in a statement on Thursday (Feb 6) night.

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