Covid-19: 4,965 new cases, new SOP for incoming travellers

Published on 7 Dec 2021 10:53:05 PM

Malaysia reported 4,965 new Covid-19 cases and 4,817 recoveries on Tuesday (Dec 7), while nine new clusters were detected over the 24-hour span.

Meanwhile, the Health Ministry has announced that all incoming travellers via the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) and those travelling to Langkawi under its travel bubble must undergo Covid-19 tests every day after arrival, as one of the preemptive measures taken in light of the new highly infectious Omicron variant.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin also said travellers from the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, France & Norway on home quarantine will need to wear a digital tracking device throughout the entire home quarantine period.

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covid-19, malaysia, health ministry, health director-general, dr noor hisham abdullah, new clusters, news, omicron , vtl , langkawi , testing , tracking device , khairy jamaluddin