Seven provinces in Italy, Japan, and Iran added to Malaysia's Covid-19 travel ban list


PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has placed travel restrictions on seven new provinces in Italy, Japan and Iran in light of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the areas are Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna in Italy; Hokkaido in Japan as well as Tehran, Qom and Gilan in Iran.

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