Covid-19: Indonesia bans travellers from regions in Iran, Italy and South Korea

An Indonesian health official takes temperature readings of arriving passengers amid concerns of the coronavirus outbreak at the Jakarta international Airport. - AFP

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesia will ban the entry and transit of foreign visitors coming from the 10 regions hardest hit by the coronavirus in Iran, Italy and South Korea from Sunday (March 8).

But travellers departing from any other places in the three countries will be allowed entry if they produce a health certificate issued by the countries' respective health authorities that declare the travellers as healthy, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Thursday (March 5). The health certificate should be presented to airliners during check-in.