Indonesia bars entry to visitors from China amid evacuation protest

Indonesian migrant workers gathering at Victoria Park in Hong Kong on Sunday (Feb 2). Indonesia flew back more than 200 nationals from Wuhan on Sunday and quarantined them on remote Natuna Islands for two weeks. - AP

JAKARTA: Indonesia on Sunday (Feb 2) barred entry to visitors who have been in China for 14 days over concern about coronavirus, as citizens evacuated from Hubei province faced protests by some residents on their return home.

There have not been any confirmed cases of coronavirus in Indonesia, but neighbouring Philippines on Sunday reported the first death from the virus outside China.