Malaysia

Umrah returnees to wear digital trackers: health DG

Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says health screening, wearing of device would take one hour, 20 minutes

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 30 Dec 2021 7:30PM

Umrah returnees to wear digital trackers: health DG
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says the digital detection device is currently for travellers coming back from 18 high-risk countries and who must undergo house quarantine. – The Vibes file pic, December 30, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR – Twenty counters and forty personnel have been assigned to the C25 satellite building of Kuala Lumpur International Airport to assist in the process of installing digital detection devices on individuals who return from performing umrah.

Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the time needed for health screening and the wearing of the device Edgenta would be one hour and 20 minutes.

“In a latest development, those who returned from umrah have started wearing the tracker device,” he said in a post on his Facebook page today.

He said that the digital detection device is currently for travellers coming back from 18 high-risk countries and who must undergo house quarantine.

On Saturday, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin announced that all individuals who are undergoing the compulsory seven-day quarantine are required to wear the digital tracking device from this week onwards.

Khairy said the decision to use the device was made after 30 out of 49 new Omicron cases detected in Malaysia involved travellers returning from Saudi Arabia. – Bernama, December 30, 2021

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