KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Transport Ministry has no plan to bar the cruise ships from entering the country following the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection.
Its minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the move would only be made after receiving a recommendation from the Ministry of Health (MoH) based on certain evidence.
“We only bar Chinese citizens from the Hubei region or any region that the Chinese government has declared a lock down.
“For any region which has been put on lockdown by the Chinese government, then we will bar the entry of Chinese citizens from that particular region,” he said after officiating the renewal service of Motor Vehicle Licence (LKM) at the computerised vehicle inspection company Puspakom.
In the meantime, he said, the government has implemented all precautionary measures including health screening to check body temperature and health status of tourists at the country’s entry points.
