In a statement, the health ministry announced that Singaporean travellers looking to enter Malaysia for business purposes must now use the One-Stop Centre set up by the Malaysian Investment Development Authority.
The decision was made after MKN added Singapore to its list of countries reporting the spread of variants of concern (VOC) such as the South African variant B.1.351, the UK variant B.1.1.7 and Brazilian variant B.1.1.28 (P1), as well as a variant of interest from India, namely B.1.617.1.
“The health ministry will constantly update the list of countries with SARS-CoV-2 VOC transmission in the community and will inform the public from time to time.”
In January, Singapore suspended its side of the RGL with Malaysia and other countries such as South Korea and Germany. They have since added Japan and Indonesia to that list.
In addition, all travellers entering Malaysia from Singapore including those under the periodic commuting arrangement (PCA) will be subject to 14 days of quarantine at government gazetted quarantine stations, also starting May 13.
Previously under the PCA, workers had to stay in their country of employment for 90 days before being released for short-term home leave. Upon entry to Malaysia they would be subject to a seven day stay-at-home notice and released if they test negative for Covid-19.
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