SEPANG, Jan 3 — Any decision related to the arrival of foreign travellers, especially from China, must be discussed comprehensively and decided at the Cabinet level, said Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

MOSCOW, Jan 3 — The European Union has offered free Covid-19 vaccines to China to help the country contain the rapid spread of the disease as Beijing prepares to end strict lockdown measures and open its borders, reported Sputnik.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 — Two Omicron variants of Covid-19, namely BA.5.2 and BF.7, which made up about 80 per cent of the variants currently infecting China, have been detected in Malaysia since March 16 and August 21 last year, respectively.

SHAH ALAM, Jan 3 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) held a meeting with the parents of two players in the Melaka Under-14 (U14) girls volleyball squad, who were slapped by their coach yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 — From now on the reporting and monitoring of asymptomatic Covid-19 patients will be done totally through the MySejahtera platform.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 — Covid-19 environmental surveillance using sewage water conducted since June till December 31 showed that 96.5 per cent, or 28 out of 29 samples taken from international entry points contained the presence of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

SEOUL, Jan 2 — South Korea started requiring Covid-19 testing for arrivals from China on Monday, with such measures causing confusion and inconvenience at Incheon International Airport, the gateway to South Korea, throughout the day.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 — The Health Ministry (MoH) is prepared to change the existing Covid-19 pandemic management healthcare policy at the country’s borders including tightening the standard operating procedure (SOP) for health checks.

ANKARA, Jan 1 — Morocco will impose an entry ban on travellers from China beginning Jan 3 due to rising Covid-19 cases, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 — The government has given a guarantee that it will protect and assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the people if there is an economic impact from the rise in Covid-19 cases in China, Minister of Economy Rafizi Ramli said.

LONDON, Dec 31 — More countries introduced Covid-19 restrictions on travellers from China with the United Kingdom on Friday imposing pre-departure Covid-19 tests.

ANKARA, Dec 31 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) and China held a high-level meeting Friday to discuss the current surge in Covid-19 cases.

SINGAPORE, Dec 30 — Singapore is closely monitoring the global Covid-19 situation and stands ready to reinstate border health measures for selected countries if warranted by the public health situation, said the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 — The government has been asked not to rush into allowing travellers from China into the country especially tourists as a precautionary measure to curb the spread of Covid-19 on a large scale.

BEIJING, Dec 30 — Chinese state media said Covid-19 testing requirements imposed by several places around the world in response to a surging wave of infections were 'discriminatory', in the clearest pushback yet against restrictions that are slowing down its re-opening.

NEW DELHI, Dec 30 — India is planning to make a Covid-19 negative test report mandatory for passengers arriving from countries with a high number of cases, the country's health minister said during an interview with broadcaster NewsX on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 — The Malaysia Tourism Agency Association (MATA) has urged the government to temporarily suspend the entry of tourists from China into the country until the daily cases of Covid-19 in China decrease.

CHICAGO, Dec 29 — The United States will impose mandatory Covid-19 tests on travellers from China, US health officials said on Wednesday, joining India, Italy, Japan and Taiwan in taking new measures after Beijing's decision to lift stringent zero-Covid policies.

SYDNEY, Dec 29 — Australia is making no change to its rules around allowing travellers from China into the country, despite measures by some countries to require mandatory Covid-19 tests, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday.

BEIJING, Dec 27 — China will cancel nucleic acid tests for international arrivals starting from January 8, a statement on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday, reported Xinhua.