770 returnees ordered to undergo home quarantine yesterday - minister
Seven hundred and seventy individuals from 771 Malaysians who returned home through Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and KLIA2 from Singapore, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, Thailand, Qatar, Australia and South Korea yesterday were ordered to carry out compulsory quarantine in their respective homes.
Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said from the total, one was Covid-19 positive and was brought to the hospital.
Seven hundred and seventy individuals from 771 Malaysians who returned home through Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and KLIA2 from Singapore, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, Thailand, Qatar, Australia, and South Korea yesterday were ordered to carry out compulsory quarantine in their respective homes.
Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said from the total, one was Covid-19 positive and was brought to the hospital.
“For the period from June 10 to yesterday (July 4), the Health Ministry (MOH) had conducted screening on 11,049 individuals at KLIA checkpoints.
“From the total, 11,001 individuals were found negative for Covid-19 and had to undergo compulsory home quarantine while 48 individuals who tested positive were sent to the hospital for treatment,” he said in a statement on the development of the recovery movement control order (MCO) today.
Meanwhile, he said police had conducted 803 monitoring visits for standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance on home quarantine and found that all had complied with the stipulated SOP.
On recovery MCO compliance operations, Ismail said police nabbed 165 individuals for defying the recovery MCO order yesterday.
“From the total, 14 individuals were remanded while 151 were issued compounds. Among the recovery MCO offences were pub and nightclub activities (96 cases), activities involving large crowds difficult for social distancing (two cases), and activities violating SOP (67 cases),” he said.
One foreigner was held for an immigration offence out of 70 roadblocks and 47,782 vehicle inspections to curb cross-border crimes, especially at illegal crossings nationwide.
Apart from that, Ismail also announced 19 construction sites were ordered to close yesterday for not complying with the SOP while 495 sites were given warnings.
- Bernama
