Health DG: 1,612 applications through HQA approved for home quarantine so far


PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has given the green light to one-third of travellers into Malaysia from the 4,883 completed applications for home quarantine received through the Home Quarantine Application (HQA) portal.

Its director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said it has so far approved 1,612 applications from the 4,883 complete applications received via the HQA portal, adding that it had processed 1,741 applications altogether from the portal which went live on Sept 21.

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