Quarantine for passengers from India via HADR, repatriation flight extended to 21 days
KUALA LUMPUR: The 14-day mandatory quarantine period for all passengers from India arriving in Malaysia via the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission on May 12 and repatriation flight on May 13, has been extended to 21 days. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the decision was made after seven of […]
Nigerian variant B1.525 mutations do not affect ability to detect, trace infected persons
KUALA LUMPUR: The Nigerian Variant B1.525 of Covid-19 has important mutations in the spike protein but they do not affect the ability to detect or trace a person infected with the variant, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said this is because existing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) kits use multiple targets […]
KLIA to roll out facial recognition technology in 1H 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Physical travel documents such as airline tickets and boarding passes may soon be a thing of the past for passengers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) with the roll-out of the first phase of the Single Token Journey initiative in the first half of this year (1H 2021). Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s […]
MAHB adds new SOP as domestic air travel resumes
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has stepped up its standard operating procedures (SOP) by implementing additional precautionary measures to ensure the safety of passengers as domestic air travel resumes. The new measures include making the use of face mask compulsory when entering the terminal building, the airport operator said in a statement today, adding […]
