Chad, where no cases have been reported, has shut its airports and borders with affected Sudan and the Central African Republic.
The decision was made on Monday with the north-central African country’s government disclosing in a statement that the measure will start at midnight on Thursday.
It was also noted in the statement that the ban does not apply to planes transporting goods.
African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus epidemic but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness.
The government called on “Chadians living abroad and wanting to return to the country do so within the required timeframe”.
“The land borders remain open apart from those with Sudan and the Central African Republic,” it added in a statement. The borders with those two conflict-plagued countries had been closed before the outbreak of the deadly virus in China in December.
The government also said it would “strictly limit movement outside refugee camps,” which is home to 465,000 refugees.
