Aviation News Desk:
The Malaysian government has imposed a ban on the entry of citizens of 12 countries including Bangladesh till December 31 this year. The restriction will begin from Monday.
The countries are the United States, Brazil, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Bangladesh, according to an announcement made on September 3, Bangladesh diplomatic sources in Kuala Lumpur said.
Malaysia had also imposed a similar ban on citizens of India, Indonesia and Philippines on September 1.
Malaysia would not allow travellers from the high-risk countries to cross the borders which have more than 150,000 COVID-19 cases, Malaysian senior minister Ismail Sabri Yakcop said, giving a hint that the list might get longer.
Exceptions are, however, made for travellers on bilateral government affairs, emergency cases, permanent residents, foreign spouses of Malaysians and people approved under Malaysia ‘second home’ programme, diplomats said.