Fully Vaccinated Returning M'sians Can Now Quarantine At Home

Home quarantine for fully vaccinated M’sians

The pandemic has made it difficult for Malaysians wishing to return home, due to various Covid-19 safety measures that involve mandatory quarantining. But with a new list of loosened restrictions for the fully vaccinated in our country, certain inbound travellers are now allowed to quarantine at home upon their return – as long as they’ve received their vaccine shots.

This is applicable to returning Malaysians living abroad, and foreign travellers who are Malaysia Permanent Residents (PR) or My Malaysia Second Home (MM2H) individuals, with residence in Malaysia. This will come into effect tomorrow, 10th August 2021.

Fully vaccinated individuals can quarantine at home

Home quarantine for inbound Malaysians was announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in a live telecast on 8th August.

This means that fully vaccinated Malaysians, or foreign travellers who are Malaysia PRs or MM2H residents, returning to the country will now be allowed to do their mandatory quarantine at home. However, this comes with several guidelines outlined by the National Security Council (MKN). These include:

Having a valid Covid-19 vaccination certificate that indicates full vaccination
Showing an approved negative RT-PCR test result, done three days before day of departure
Showing no symptoms at the Pasport Malaysia Antarabangsa (PMA)
Having access to a residence, with proper facilities, where they can do their home quarantine

The duration of home quarantine for returning individuals will be subject to the Ministry Of Health (KKM). Individuals who are home quarantining will be issued a digital House Surveillance Order (HSO).

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Fully vaccinated individuals have recently been defined by the Malaysian government as anyone who has waited a period of at least 14 days after getting two, or in some cases one, required vaccine doses.

If two vaccine doses are involved in the vaccination process – for vaccine brands such as Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, and Sinovac – you’ll have to wait 14 days after your second vaccination appointment date to be considered fully vaccinated.

For vaccine brands, such as Johnson & Johnson and CanSino, that require only one dose, it will be 24 days after getting your vaccine dose.

SOPs for the fully vaccinated in Malaysia, starting 10th August 2021

Separated families can also reunite within the country

Along with this announcement are other rules to benefit separated families within Malaysia. One is that fully vaccinated parents are now allowed to travel between districts and states to see their children age 18 and below.

Long-distance spouses can now also travel across borders to see each other. But both will need police permission, with necessary documents to show to get a police permit, including Covid-19 vaccination digital certificates.

Travel for fully vaccinated Malaysians
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For separated spouses, documents needed to be shown are:

Identification cards, or IC, of each spouse
Covid-19 vaccination digital certificates of each spouse
Marriage solemnisation certificates
Proof of place of residence in different areas, or a verification letter from an employer

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For families wishing to reunite, documents needed to be shown are:

Identification cards of parents, and birth certificate of child
Covid-19 vaccination digital certificate of husband and wife
Child’s schooling information, if any

Returning fully vaccinated individuals allowed to quarantine at home

Malaysians have been waiting for travel to be allowed again with fewer restrictions – within states, districts and those wishing to come home from outside the country’s borders – after months of being separated from their families.

So we’re glad to hear that restrictions are loosening for affected individuals to be able to reunite again.