Bahamas announces travel ban

The Bahamas government has restricted individuals who have visited Iran, Italy and South Korea from entering the archipelago as it moves to forestall the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) there.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an announcement said that dependent on the counsel given by the World Health Organization (WHO), the infection, which has slaughtered more than 3 000 individuals around the world, has now spread to more than 75 nations.

It said that at any rate 47 of these nations have ten cases or less, while some are announcing their first cases, noticing necessarily, notwithstanding, there is a commonness of cases developing in a couple of chosen nations with very nearly 90 per cent of those cases from three countries: Iran, South Korea and Italy.

"The information is convincing, and out of a wealth of alert, the legislature of The Bahamas has chosen to execute fringe control and isolate measures for individuals originating from those nations.

As of now, any non-inhabitant who has visited South Korea, Iran or Italy over the most recent 20 days will be denied passage into The Bahamas.

"These nations will be added to China, for which, we executed such measures on January 30, 2020. In that capacity, Bahamian residents and inhabitants coming back from every one of the four locales will currently be exposed to isolate measures for a limit of 14 days. Non-inhabitants right now on the way to The Bahamas from these wards will be exposed to a similar convention for returning residents and occupants," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs included.

It said that there are no specific or affirmed instances of the infection here, including "as of now, the legislature of The Bahamas is avoiding potential risk to secure the wellbeing and strength of our inhabitants and guests.

"This new warning is a piece of the administration's upgraded exertion to address this general wellbeing risk."