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KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee decided today that all Malaysians entering the state from the peninsula must undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine at designated centers, beginning on October 10.
Its president Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas (pix) He said they must also undergo Covid-19 tests on the second and 10th day of the quarantine.
He said they would also have to bear the cost of screening tests and quarantine.
“Only the costs of quarantine and detection of Covid-19 for the inhabitants of Sarawak will be borne by the Sarawak state government,” he said at the daily Covid-19 press conference here.
Uggah, who is also Senior Deputy Minister I, said the mandatory 14-day quarantine order issued on October 4 did not apply to Sarawak residents coming from the peninsula, as they were only required to submit to the Home Surveillance and Observation Order (HSO).
In the meantime, he said that stricter monitoring of those who have been placed under the HSO would also be carried out.
“Actions may be taken under the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control Act of 1988 (Act 342) against anyone found to have violated the order,” he added. – Called
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