46 Malaysians safely repatriated from Iran, to be quarantined

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Forty-six Malaysian nationals and nine citizens of neighbouring countries have been repatriated from Iran through the third Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission following the Covid-19 outbreak.

The AirAsia flight chartered specifically for the mission initiated by the Malaysian government landed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 6.34am Sunday (March 22).

According to the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), eight of the foreign citizens on board the flight, which departed from Tehran, were from Singapore and the other one was from Indonesia.

Also on board were five employees of Malaysia’s Health Ministry and two from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, 16 AirAsia crewmembers and a Nadma officer.

All the 55 passengers underwent health screening at the Air Disaster Unit at the KLIA before being ferried to the monitoring centre in Bandar Enstek, Nilai, Negri Sembilan, where they will undergo a 14-day quarantine.

The decontamination operation on them was mounted by 240 personnel from various agencies, including the Fire and Rescue Department, Health Ministry, Disaster ResQ, Nadma, Airport Fire and Rescue Service, KLIA District Police headquarters and Aviation Security. – Bernama