What does the travel ban mean? Which countries implement it?

Since the outbreak of new crown pneumonia, it has spread in many countries around the world, including Italy, South Korea, Iraq and Japan. At the same time, many countries have issued travel bans, among which the most concerned is the European travel ban announced by the United States. So what does the travel ban mean and which countries promulgated it?

: What is a travel ban?

1. It refers to the order issued by the court prohibiting the parties from traveling outside their place of residence and abroad;

2. It refers to the travel ban issued by the judge, that is, all the travel of the defendant is prohibited.

The United States announced a travel ban in Europe.

On the evening of 1 1, US Eastern Time, US President Trump delivered a national televised speech in the Oval Office of the White House, announcing a 30-day travel ban on Europe from the early hours of this Friday. Trump said that Britain will not be affected by the ban.

: An announcement was issued in the early morning of 201010 June 12, claiming to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic. From now on, Saudi citizens and foreign residents in China are temporarily prohibited from going to EU countries, Switzerland, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, Somalia and other countries. Tourists from the above countries or staying in other countries for less than 14 days are prohibited from entering Saudi territory, and travel between Saudi Arabia and these countries is suspended. Earlier, the Saudi Interior Ministry has issued an announcement that it will take the same measures in 14 countries. Up to the early morning of March 12 local time, 45 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi travel ban

Australian Prime Minister Morrison announced a travel ban on Italy, which will take effect at 6 pm local time (1 1). Any foreigner who is not of Australian nationality or permanent resident status, whether he has been to Italy or an Italian citizen, will be prohibited from entering Australia unless he stays in a third country for at least 14 days. For Australian nationals and permanent residents, they are still allowed to return to Australia from Italy, but they need to be quarantined for two weeks.

Australia travel ban

The Malaysian government announced that in order to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic, people with Italian, Iranian and Korean passports will be banned from entering the country from March 13.

At the same time, foreigners who have visited these three countries within 14 days are also prohibited from entering Malaysia.

Malaysian Health Minister Ahn-chan said that the above measures were made by the Malaysian Cabinet today (1 1).

Malaysia travel ban

The New Zealand government also updated the entry ban on the afternoon of March 9. The new ban will extend the original novel coronavirus entry restriction policy for another eight days, which will expire on March 17, 2020. In addition, the New Zealand government will still assess the situation every 48 hours according to the development of the epidemic to decide whether to extend the current immigration restriction policy.