Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will open it again borders Completely April 1 and allow no access Separate For visitors to be vaccinated against Covid-19, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yacoub said on Tuesday.
Malaysia has maintained some of the strictest entry restrictions in Asia to contain the coronavirus outbreak since March 2020, barring most foreign nationals from entry and requiring Malaysians to undergo quarantine.
Ismail Sabri said in a televised address that the Southeast Asian country will begin transitioning to the endemic phase of COVID-19 from next month.
The reopening follows similar steps taken by neighboring Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia, with quarantine for vaccinated passengers with negative COVID-19 tests before departure and after arrival.
Ismail Sabri said Malaysian nationals barred from leaving the country for more than a year can fully resume international travel, with Singapore announced last year as Brunei, Thailand and Indonesia among others. Work on travel agreements with countries was underway.
He also said that the hours of business operations, restrictions on gatherings, social distancing and interstate travel will be relaxed.
Malaysia has maintained some of the strictest entry restrictions in Asia to contain the coronavirus outbreak since March 2020, barring most foreign nationals from entry and requiring Malaysians to undergo quarantine.
Ismail Sabri said in a televised address that the Southeast Asian country will begin transitioning to the endemic phase of COVID-19 from next month.
The reopening follows similar steps taken by neighboring Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia, with quarantine for vaccinated passengers with negative COVID-19 tests before departure and after arrival.
Ismail Sabri said Malaysian nationals barred from leaving the country for more than a year can fully resume international travel, with Singapore announced last year as Brunei, Thailand and Indonesia among others. Work on travel agreements with countries was underway.
He also said that the hours of business operations, restrictions on gatherings, social distancing and interstate travel will be relaxed.