Pacific
11 Mar 2020

Marshalls bans inbound travel to try and keep Covid-19 out

From Pacific Waves, 5:04 am on 11 March 2020

The Marshall Islands has banned all inbound travel for two weeks, one of the most extreme measures to ward off the coronavirus, Covid-19. 

Our Marshall Islands correspondent, Giff Johnson, told Don Wiseman what officials are aiming to achieve.

Passengers board a United Airlines flight in Majuro. For the first time in late January, Marshall Islands Immigration officials detained several passengers at Majuro's international airport for questioning in relation to participation in illegal adoptions in the United States.

 Passengers board a United Airlines flight in Majuro (file photo). Photo: Giff Johnson

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