Carian mengenai topik quarantine-centres

Foreigners who are allowed to enter Malaysia must pay their quarantine charges and Covid-19 testing fees upon arrival or they can stay in the airport, warned Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

"We have made the decision that before they can pass immigration, they must make the payment for their hotel or quarantine centres.

"If they refuse to pay, we will not let them pass immigration, so they can stay at the airport till whenever," Ismail Sabri said in his press conference on Covid-19 updates today.

Previously, he said there were many incidents where foreigners who could enter Malaysia refused to pay for their quarantine and testing fees after those were completed.

Returning Malaysians and non-citizens permitted to enter the country will once more be made to undergo mandatory two-week quarantine at specified quarantine centres from Friday, July 24.

Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob today said the government has decided to revoke the allowance for those entering the country to self-quarantine at home.

Speaking during his press briefing in Putrajaya today, the defence minister said the uptick in global Covid-19 cases over the past few days contributed to the increase in the number of domestic cases as Malaysians returned from abroad.

Umrah pilgrims have the option of dealing directly with private quarantine centres in hotels listed by NADMA or undergoing quarantine at government-run centres.

Flood victims who are symptomatic, at risk or test positive for COVID-19 will be isolated at quarantine centres to prevent the spread of infection to others, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

Five SOPs for the Management of Children with COVID-19 or Close Contact of Confirmed Case were prepared by JKM in collaboration with NGOs.

The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) is studying calls for civil servants working from home to help out at COVID-19 Low-Risk Treatment and Quarantine Centres (PKRCs) throughout the country.

The MAF will be mobilising its personnel and assets to help lighten the burden of hospitals and quarantine centres following the surge in COVID-19 infections.

Among those who will receive the vaccine under the first phase of the vaccination are the staff of hotels operating as quarantine centres.

The situation has also caused a shortage of health personnel.

Amirudin said priority would be given to patients living in the Peoples Housing Projects (PPR) who lack space to conduct effective home-quarantine.

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said it is part of the government's immediate action to reduce congestion and the spread of COVID-19 in detention depots.

Kelantan has begun to implement the Home Surveillance Order (HSO) for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients since last week, so as to reduce congestion at the hospitals and quarantine centres in the state.

Apart from zumba and aerobics, the healthcare team decided to do dancing and singing.

Additional manpower was needed at this juncture to carry out health activities at 19 low-risk quarantine centres and public health activities in the field in the state.

The government will set up transit quarantine centres for illegal immigrants in four locations in Sabah to curb the spread of COVID-19 among detainees at immigration detention depots.