Health DG: Those returning from Sabah have to undergo Covid-19 screening, home quarantine

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PETALING JAYA: Those returning from Sabah to other parts of the country via international entry points of the country will be required to undergo a compulsory quarantine at home, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general said that starting from Sunday to Oct 10, screening activities on those arriving from Sabah would be conducted."All these individuals will be given a letter of home surveillance order , and will have to wear a quarantine wristband," he said, adding that they would also have to check-in using the MySejahtera application.

He said that for those who have to take public transportation such as taxi or ride-hailing services, a letter of approval would be given to them. He also said there would no charge for the Covid-19 tests imposed on individuals returning from Sabah, including non-citizens. On Friday , Dr Noor Hisham said that there were ten positive Covid-19 cases detected among those who returned from Sabah from Sept 20 to 25, while on Saturday, another 11 cases were detected among returnees.

 

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Home quarantine never work la!

home quarantine give rise to risk of infecting their family members and can triggering new clusters... eg new clusters like Kedah &Penang recently from one superspreader (PRN is posing unnecessary risk to rakyat) DGHisham IsmailSabri60 MuhyiddinYassin DrAdhamBaba

DGHisham too late fr d announcement , why? or wait all in smenanjung covid dlu ke

too late already...

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