PH mulls Japan, Italy, Iran travel ban as COVID-19 cases soar

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government is eyeing a possible travel ban on Japan, Italy and Iran amid the rapid spike in coronavirus disease cases in the said nations.

“Ayaw ko pangunahan but obviously the Task Force is looking at these two countries [Japan and Italy] as well, especially Italy. Last count namin it spiked now to 650 in Italy. Japan has now come up to 202,” Nograles said Friday in an interview on CNN Philippines. The COVID-19 outbreak has so far reached at least 45 countries, infecting more than 82,000 people globally and killing nearly 2,800, the vast majority in China.As of posting time, more than 2,000 people were infected in South Korea, the largest number of infections outside of China where the virus originated.

In Iran, at least 250 people have now been infected, including Iranian vice president Masoumeh Ebtekar.

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