Health Ministry to consider extending quarantine period to 21 days for those returning from India
PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry will study if the 14-day mandatory quarantine period for Malaysians arriving from India should be extended to 21 days, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. The Health director-general said this after the 132 people who were brought back from India on May 12 on a special repatriation mission have had their quarantine period extended for 21 days after seven of them tested positive for Covid-19. The seven who tested positive did not show any symptoms. "The ministry will carry out an immediate risk evaluation to determine if the 14-day mandatory quarantine peri...
Source: thestar.com.my