Malaysian government stops issuing entrance visas to visitors from Wuhan City and the surrounding province of Hubei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Malaysia.- The Malaysian government has decided to ban the entrance of all visitors from the Chinese city of Wuhan and its surrounding Hubei province in a bid to prevent further spread of the deadly Coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A statement from the Prime Minister\u2019s office said authorities will temporarily stop issuing visas for Chinese citizens from the Wuhan and Hubei areas with immediate effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe government has decided to suspend temporarily all immigration facilities \u2026 to all China nationals from Wuhan city and the surrounding Hubei province,\u201d it said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Malaysia has reported four confirmed cases of the virus which started in the central-Chinese city and has since spread worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All four victims, including two children, are in stable condition. They are tourists from Wuhan who entered Malaysia for a holiday via neighbouring Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The virus, similar to the SARS pathogen, has claimed at least 81 lives so far \u2014 all of them in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Malaysia welcomed 2.94 million visitors from China last year and is aiming to raise the number to 3.48 million this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The prime minister\u2019s office said the ban will be lifted when the situation returns to normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, a campaign by Malaysians on petition website change.org urging the government to ban Chinese nationals from entering the country has attracted more than 383,000 signatures as of Monday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe government should think more of the health of Malaysians,\u201d the petition said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t wait until there is death among Malaysian people then only the government wants to take some preventive action.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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