The full reopening of the country's border will allow medical tourists to return to Malaysia for their medical care which has been on a halt since early 2020, said Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) president Dr Kuljit Singh.

While welcoming the National Recovery Council’s (NRC) recommendation for the country’s borders to be fully opened from March 1 without the need for mandatory quarantine, he said it would also help revive the medical tourism industry which generated RM1.7 billion to the country in 2019.

He said the association has...