After witnessing a spike in coronavirus cases, the Southeast Asian country Malaysia has imposed ban on the entry of citizens from 23 countries including Pakistan.

The Malaysian Immigration Department has issued a list of 23 countries whose citizens are barred from entry into Malaysia. The countries include the United States, Brazil, India, Russia, Peru, Colombia, South Africa, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Iran, Bangladesh, and the United Kingdom.

Also on the list are Saudia Arabia, Pakistan, France, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Iraq, Philippines and Indonesia.

The Malaysian government has announced that it will impose an entry ban on citizens of countries recording more than 150,000 cases of Covid-19 starting Sept 7, in order to curb the number of imported cases in the country.

Malaysia at present has 9,459 confirmed coronavirus infections, of which 128 casualties have been reported.