KUALA LUMPUR – The quarantine period for travellers returning from overseas and close contacts of positive cases will be shortened from 14 to 10 days, effective tomorrow (December 14).
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this applies to the surveillance and observation order implemented both at the gazetted quarantine centres or at home.
“A recent review of clinical scientific evidence found that the risk of post-quarantine infection will decrease throughout the quarantine period. The infection rate is highest in the first week after exposure,” he said in a statement here today.
Dr Noor Hisham said several countries have reviewed the mandatory quarantine period.
“The United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium have reduced the quarantine period from 14 to 10 days while the mandatory quarantine period in France has been reduced to seven days,” he said. – Bernama, December 13, 2020
