PETALING JAYA: The quarantine period for those flown back from India has been increased to 21 days, the health ministry announced after seven of the 132 passengers who were repatriated tested positive for Covid-19.Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the passengers, comprising 117 Malaysian citizens and six dependents, one permanent resident and eight Brunei nationals will have to take the RT-PCR test.
Putrajaya decided to repatriate Malaysians and Brunei nationals following the recent surge of Covid-19 cases in India, which recently recorded more than 300,000 new infections daily since April. “The ministry will continue to monitor the situation and will conduct a risk assessment to extend the quarantine period to 21 days for all those flying in from India,” he said in a statement.He went on to call on Malaysians to give their full cooperation to contain the new Covid-19 variant, the Indian strain.FOR OUR LIVE UPDATE OF THE COVID-19 SITUATION IN MALAYSIA
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