Travellers from Singapore to undergo 14-day quarantine due to prevalence of Covid-19 variants

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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has recorded 3,807 more Covid-19 cases on Monday (May 10), confirms the Health Ministry.

PUTRAJAYA: All travellers arriving in Malaysia from Singapore are to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine instead of the normal 10-day period, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah .

The Health director-general said this was after Singapore was included in Malaysia’s list of countries reporting the spread of Covid-19 variants of concern in its community.Dr Noor Hisham said the National Security Council, which made the decision on May 7, had also agreed that the Malaysia-Singapore Reciprocal Green Lane will be suspended.

“Travellers from Singapore who wish to enter Malaysia for business purposes will have to go through the One-Stop Centre under the Malaysian Investment Development Agency , ” said Dr Noor Hisham in his daily Covid-19 press statement. The World Health Organisation had identified three VOCs - namely the B.1.351 South African variant, the B.1.1.7 variant from the United Kingdom and the B.1.1.28 variant reported in Brazil.

The council's decision followed a report by Singapore’s Health Ministry, where the three VOCs, as well as the B.1.6171"variant of interest" from India, had been found in the community.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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