A total of 5,947 travellers arriving from abroad have applied for quarantine at home through the Home Quarantine Application (HQA) portal since it was launched on Sept 20.
Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (above) said for one week since its launching, the HQA portal received 4,883 completed applications and out of this, 1,741 applications had been processed.
"Of the number, 1,612 individuals have received approval for home or residential quarantine,” he said in a statement today.
He said out of the total number of applications, 3,921 were Malaysians, 1,910 were foreign nationals, while 116 were permanent residents.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) launched the HQA portal to face the increasing number of travellers arriving from abroad.
Through the HQA portal, individuals need to submit their applications within seven to 10 days before their arrival in Malaysia.
However, Noor Hisham said this online application system was still at the transition stage and expected to be fully used from next month.
He said the MOH is targeting more applications to be settled within three days, with the approval method to be gradually improved.
Meanwhile, he advised all applicants to fully comply with the directives issued and the home quarantine standard operating procedures (SOPs).
"This is important in reducing the risk of Covid-19 infection to family members and the community and avoiding the spread of new variants of the virus, especially the variants of concern (VOC) or variants of interest (VOI) to the country," he said.
More information on the HQA portal is available here.
- Bernama
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