Malaysia denies that coronavirus entry restrictions seek to "discriminate" against other countries

MADRID, 4 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Malaysian authorities have denied this Wednesday that the restrictions on entry into the country imposed as a measure to stop the spread of coronavirus seek to "discriminate" against countries like China, which has registered a significant increase in infections.

The Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, has indicated that the decision responds solely to health reasons and has indicated during a press conference that the health of the population is the "main concern of the Government", something that "will not be subject to tourism or economic growth", according to information collected by the newspaper 'The Straits Times'.

"We have decided not to discriminate against any country because if we look at the infection rate in China we can also talk about the high number of deaths in the United States from COVID-19", he stated before insisting that "we took these measures to save our citizens." "Whoever comes into the country must be supervised and subject to the same entry conditions," she said.

Thus, he has expressed his concern about the growing flow of people from China, scheduled for this weekend. "Last year there was not a peak of infections in relation to the entry of people from other countries. This does not imply that we are going to reduce the restrictions, we have to supervise everything appropriately," he stressed.

"We do not want to take action based on information of this type. If we look at the global situation, the problem is more complex than that," he said.