NSTnation: 66 - comprising of 46 Malaysian citizens and 20 of their non-citizen family members - were in good health.
Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the 66 - comprising of 46 Malaysian citizens and 20 of their non-citizen family members - were in good health.“They passed their health screening. They will, however, remain in AKEPT for health monitoring purposes for 14 days, starting from Feb 26 until March 11,” he said at the Covid-19 press briefing at Health Ministry here today.
They were part of the second humanitarian aid mission carried out by the Malaysian government to bring home Malaysians and their families stranded in the Covid-19 stricken area. In the first humanitarian aid mission carried out on Feb 4, 107 stranded in Hubei province were flown home. They comprised 88 Malaysians and 19 non-citizens, who were their spouses and children.
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