HULU LANGAT: The Home Ministry will raise with other agencies the issue of how Omicron-positive travellers with no vaccination records managed to enter the country, says Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.
The Home Minister said his ministry would hold talks with all airline companies regarding the entry of foreign travellers infected with the Omicron variant, besides not having any Covid-19 vaccination record, Bernama reports.
"Before any individual receives a clearance pass from the airline company, all details regarding their vaccination record must be presented and checked properly while the Immigration Department will then receive it before granting clearance for travelling.
"However, if the clearance pass had been submitted to the Immigration without knowing if they have been fully vaccinated or not, are we going to withdraw it and not allow them to board the flight, because how are they going to claim compensation?” he said.
He said this to reporters during the MEKAR Prihatin post-flood programme in Taman Sri Nanding near here on Friday (Jan 7).
The Health Ministry said yesterday that 17 of the 122 Omicron cases, or 14%, had come from unvaccinated individuals returning from overseas.
The Home Minister said his ministry would hold talks with all airline companies regarding the entry of foreign travellers infected with the Omicron variant, besides not having any Covid-19 vaccination record, Bernama reports.
"Before any individual receives a clearance pass from the airline company, all details regarding their vaccination record must be presented and checked properly while the Immigration Department will then receive it before granting clearance for travelling.
"However, if the clearance pass had been submitted to the Immigration without knowing if they have been fully vaccinated or not, are we going to withdraw it and not allow them to board the flight, because how are they going to claim compensation?” he said.
He said this to reporters during the MEKAR Prihatin post-flood programme in Taman Sri Nanding near here on Friday (Jan 7).
The Health Ministry said yesterday that 17 of the 122 Omicron cases, or 14%, had come from unvaccinated individuals returning from overseas.
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