The government will prioritise peoples’ health over the economy and tourism, he said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PUTRAJAYA – Malaysia will tighten screening rules for all foreign arrivals, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said, amid concerns about the rampant Covid-19 outbreak in China.
“We are going to tighten screening but we won’t discriminate against any country,” he said at a post-Cabinet briefing on Wednesday. The government will prioritise people’s health over the economy, he said. “Cabinet has unequivocally decided that health is the main priority, and that questions surrounding tourism and the economy cannot override these interests,” he added.
He said that immigration checkpoints into the country will be tightened to screen arrivals from places with a high rate of infections.amid fears that the return of travellers from China could spark a Covid-19 resurgence in their own populations. Last week, Malaysia’s Health Minister Zaliha Mustafa said that the country will test wastewater samples from all flights arriving from China for Covid-19.Pre-pandemic, China was the third largest country in terms of tourist arrivals in Malaysia. About 3.1 million Chinese tourists visited Malaysia in 2019, from the overall 26.1 million arrivals, according to data from Tourism Malaysia.
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