Quarantine period cut to 10 days


PETALING JAYA: Starting today, arrivals from abroad and those who have had close contact with a person infected with Covid-19 will need to be quarantined for 10 days instead of 14 days.

The move to shorten the quarantine period came about after reviewing scientific evidence on the disease and looking at the practices of other countries, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.

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