China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) has announced a 14-day quarantine period for arrivals from Iran and Italy due to concern over the novel coronavirus outbreaks in the two countries.   

The quarantine measure will take effect from 12:00 p.m. local time on February 29, according to a statement from the Macao SAR government's website. 

So far, a total of 10 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Macao including eight cases of recovery. 

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