Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will reopen the tourist haven of Langkawi islands to overseas visitors beginning November 15, under a pilot international tourism bubble project that will run for three months. The government has approved protocols for international tourists to enter the islands without having to quarantine, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a statement on Friday.
Malaysia will evaluate the pilot project before emulating it in other tourist destinations throughout the country, Ismail added.
The Southeast Asian nation is following in the footsteps of neighboring countries such as Thailand and Singapore in easing quarantine rules for inoculated visitors, as the region seeks to recover from the global pandemic.
The states of Terengganu and Johor will transition to the final phase of the national recovery plan from Monday, joining Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, Ismail said. The government also approved rules for allowing migrant workers to re-enter Malaysia on a case-by-case basis, he said. The government also allowed citizens to travel overseas without prior approval. The government expects to fully reopen its domestic economy by the end of , and return to pre-pandemic growth next year, Finance Minister Zafrul Abdul Aziz said last week.
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The country will also start offering differentiation benefits for vaccinated adolescents next month, as 80 per cent of its adolescent population have received at least one dose of vaccine and are set to receive the second dose over the next month. Malaysia is transitioning to an endemic phase of living with Covid, and has allowed the economy to reopen while largely focusing on extending its vaccination coverage- including offering booster shots to high-risk groups, and administering heterologous booster shots to those who have received the Sinovac vaccine.
Professor Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud, chairman of the Covid Epidemiological Analysis and Strategies Task Force, told The Straits Times that the next couple of months would be crucial to see if Malaysia's reopening would result in a rise in infections. Prof Awang Bulgiba said that the experience of Britain, which has lifted all restrictions since July, is providing some useful lessons for Malaysia.
Whether the rise in Covid cases following reopening but a stable death rate, as observed in Britain, will happen in Malaysia remains to be seen as there are other factors that will come into play, he said.
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