Covid-19: Malaysia, Singapore to implement ‘reciprocal arrangements’ to transfer ill travellers

The Johor Causeway lying empty after the closure.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia and Singapore will be implementing "reciprocal arrangements" to transfer symptomatic travellers detected at the entry points of each other's country to help curb the spread of Covid-19.

The Malaysia-Singapore Joint Working Group (JWG), in its second meeting held Tuesday (March 24), said it had agreed to continue the existing temperature screening procedures at land and sea checkpoints.