JOHOR BARU: Malaysians returning back from Singapore will no longer be allowed to be quarantined at home following an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the island republic.
Johor health and environment committee chairman R. Vidyananthan said that state health department had come up with a new standard operating procedure for those returning via the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex and the Sultan Abu Bakar CIQ complex.
"The Covid-19 tests conducted in Singapore will no longer be applicable, and those testing negative will not be allowed to be quarantined at home anymore. "Citizens, permanent residents and long-term pass holders entering the country would need to go though temperature checks upon entry," he said in a statement on Friday .
According to Vidyananthan, if they did not have a fever, persons under investigation and persons under surveillance would still have go through a medical check-up. Those with medical problems would be referred to a hospital, while those without would be sent to quarantine centres.As of Thursday , Singapore had 11,187 cases, including 1,037 new cases recorded on Thursday alone.
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