No Plan to Bar Entry of Chinese Tourist or Singaporeans as Health Screening at all entry points tightened

Last Update :
21/02/2020 06:16 PM

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 21 -- There is still no plan to bar the entry of Chinese tourists following the COVID-19 outbreak in China, but health screening at all entry points in Malaysia will continue to be tightened for all travellers returning or arriving from the republic, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said.

In fact, she said the government also has no plan to bar the entry of Singaporeans despite the fact that there were sporadic cases and human to human transmission of the virus reported in the island city-state.

“Taking that into account, we have tightened the screening at entry and exit points at both the Johor Causeway and the Senai International Airport,” she told reporters here.

Dr Wan Azizah, who is also National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) chairman, said the matter was agreed to at the special High-Level Committee meeting on COVID-19 meeting which she chaired earlier today.

She said the Ministry of Health will also discuss suitable monitoring and screening methods at the Malaysia-Singapore border at the Bilateral Joint-Working Group Committee forum with the Singapore government next Tuesday.

-- BERNAMA