Taiwan has stated that foreigners who have been to mainland China in the past 14 days will be banned from entering the island.

Taiwan's diplomatic agency said today that the entry ban will be applied from February 7 to cope with the pandemic pneumonia caused by the new strain of corona virus (nCoV), helping to protect public health. and control the flow of people into Taiwan.

Any foreign citizen who has visited or lived in the mainland for the past 14 days is prohibited from entering the island. Those who need to enter for "special reasons" can ask the government to reconsider, as long as they have not been to "severely affected areas" by nCoV, and submit additional travel history reports. Medical records.

Foreign residents with confirmed Taiwan residence and who have been to mainland China in the past 14 days are required to quarantine themselves at home and monitor their own health. Taiwan currently records 10 cases of nCoV, while the number worldwide has reached more than 20,000 with 427 deaths.

Outside of Taiwan, many other places also imposed restrictions on entry to prevent the disease from spreading. Czech, Kazakhstan, Russia, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam stopped issuing certain types of visas to Chinese people, while Russia, North Korea and Mongolia closed the border with the country.

Some countries such as France, South Korea, Morocco and Canada continue to implement or consider organizing the evacuation of citizens from Wuhan. Dozens of airlines have suspended flights to China. However, World Health Organization (WHO) director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there was no need to restrict "unnecessary" travel.

Countries with nCoV patients. Click on image to see details.