Putrajaya expands travel ban to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal

Published: May 5, 2021 12:04 PM

Putrajaya has expanded the travel ban to four other countries amid concerns that the B.1.617 Covid-19 strain that has wreaked havoc in India could spread to Malaysia.

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