Sabah removes mandatory quarantine for fully-vaccinated travellers from within the country

Similarly, effective today (6 October), Sarawak will allow inter-district travel without the need for police permits, while inter-state travel will be allowed, but with permissions from the police.

Sabah no longer requires fully-vaccinated individuals from other parts of Malaysia to serve mandatory quarantine, per the latest standard operating procedures released on 4 October (Monday), and shared by Minister of Local Government & Housing Masidi Manjun.

Mandatory quarantine will continue to apply for individuals entering from overseas, whether fully-vaccinated or not.

In brief, all admissions to the state of Sabah are subject to the new SOPs set by the State Government as follows:

1. Comply with the guidelines for admission to Sabah set by the Sabah State Government.
2. Obtain PDRM permission to cross the state.
3. Negative COVID-19 RT-PCR or RTK-Ag (Swab / Saliva) test results, within three days before the trip and the test performed must be confirmed by the clinic or laboratory that performed the test.
4. The validity period of RTK-Ag is one day and RT-PCR is three days after sampling, before entering Sabah.
5. Quarantine is not needed except for individuals who have not been completely vaccinated, and individuals with symptoms during the screening of entry at the entrance and entry from abroad.
6. Individuals must fill in the eHealth Declaration Form (eHDF) before entry.
7. All entries are subject to the risk assessment by health staff at the Sabah entrance.

In similar news, starting today (6 October 2021), Sarawak will allow inter-district travel without the need for police permits. At the same time, inter-state travel will be allowed, but with permissions from the police, the Sarawak Disaster Management Centre announced on Tuesday (5 October 2021).

The following is also to be noted in Sarawak from today:

• Visitation activities are not encouraged.
• Children aged 12 and below are not encouraged to be outside of their homes. If they need to be for necessary matters, they must be accompanied by parent(s)/guardian(s) who have been fully vaccinated, and are required to abide by the existing health protocols.
• All individuals must continue proper wearing of the face mask, maintaining a physical distance of one metre in public areas, ensuring proper ventilation where required, and avoiding group activities.

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