Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today defended the decision to allow those travelling from Sabah to be exempted from the 14-day quarantine if they tested negative for Covid-19.

He said the authorities have to be fair because not everyone travelling from Sabah are from the four "red zones" - districts with more than 40 confirmed cases.

For those who tested negative for the virus upon arriving from Sabah, the onus is...