Brunei issued a travel ban prohibiting all people from leaving the country.

Brunei is a small country in Southeast Asia. After the outbreak of COVID-19, there were also confirmed cases in Brunei. According to relevant investigations, these cases are related to large-scale assembly activities. The local government quickly issued an order to ban all large-scale domestic activities and issued a travel ban to prohibit domestic people from leaving the country.

Brunei issues travel ban

According to local media reports, with more cases of COVID-19 in Brunei, the country will implement a comprehensive travel ban, and all Brunei locals and foreigners are not allowed to leave the country.

Ethan said that all Brunei nationals are forbidden to leave Brunei. This ban is aimed at all Brunei citizens, permanent residents and people of other nationalities who hold Brunei green cards.

Those who have to leave the country due to urgent matters such as studying abroad, receiving emergency medical treatment and attending court hearings must finally get the approval of the Prime Minister's Office.

at 1-1: 1 local time on 15th, Brunei government announced 1 new confirmed cases in COVID-19, including 5 cases. At the same time, all citizens are prohibited from leaving Brunei from March 16th.

Brunei Health Minister Ethan revealed that seven of the new cases were related to a religious gathering in Kuala Lumpur Castle, Malaysia, and the other three cases were related to the 25th case. The 25th patient has never attended a religious gathering in Kuala Lumpur and has no record of leaving Brunei.

Up to now, the Ministry of Health of Brunei has ordered 886 people to be isolated, and 1,23 samples have been collected and tested.

Cumulative diagnosis in Brunei

The Ministry of Health of Brunei announced on the 14th that since the first case of COVID-19 appeared in Brunei on the 9th, the total number of cases has increased to 4 in five days. Due to the rapid development of the epidemic, the Brunei Football Association decided to cancel all Brunei Super League competitions immediately. The Brunei Basketball Association also cancelled the follow-up match of the National Basketball League scheduled to close on March 19th, saying that this was due to the increasing number of cases of COVID-19 in the local area, and the Ministry of Health requested to limit large-scale crowd gathering.

The Ministry of Health of Brunei previously issued a ban to cancel large-scale crowd gathering activities, including large-scale weddings and sports events, in order to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic from spreading further in the local area.