KUALA LUMPUR: International travellers coming here will be deported if they breach their Covid-19 home surveillance order (HSO) if placed under quarantine, says Khairy Jamaluddin.

       This, he said, was among the travel protocols to be imposed on international travellers if they test positive after coming into the country once the border fully reopens on April 1.

       “Their MySejahtera app will show red if they test positive for Covid-19 when doing the mandatory professionally-administered RTK test within 24 hours of arrival and they will be required to undergo quarantine.

       “It will be an offence if they breach the HSO. We will send them out of the country,” the Health Minister told a press conference in Parliament here yesterday.

       Under the travel protocol, he said international travellers would have to download the MySejahtera app prior to departure.

       They will also be required to upload the RT-PCR test done two days prior to departure. They will then have to do the RTK test upon arrival.

       Travellers who had contracted the virus in the last 60 days would have to notify the ministry of the infection via the app.

       Khairy said international travellers must also obtain travel and Covid-19 insurance and provide a fixed address of residence in the country.

       “Fully vaccinated travellers will be issued a Traveller’s Card on their app, while those not fully vaccinated will be given an HSO order,” he said, adding that those who test positive would be given an HSO if they showed no serious symptoms.

       “If they develop serious symptoms, they will be referred to hospital for treatment, which will be covered by their insurance,” Khairy elaborated.

       He noted that children aged six and below were not required to undergo Covid-19 tests during pre-departure or upon arrival.

       On land borders, he said discussions were still underway with Thailand, Brunei and Indonesia to finalise the details.

       He said Malaysia and Thailand had only agreed to allow travel via the Bukit Kayu Hitam-Sadao and Wang Kelian-Wang Prachan borders in Kedah and Perlis.

       “The Thai government is only ready to receive tourists,” he added.

       These regulations, however, will not apply for the land border between Malaysia and Singapore as normal travel will be allowed between the two countries for the fully vaccinated after April 1.