Malaysia – Home Quarantine Online Application.

The application must be made seven to 10 days prior to the applicant’s arrival in Malaysia. All applications for arrivals from 28 September 2021 onwards should be made via this portal, according to Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. The minimum qualifying criteria set out by the Ministry of Health are:
 

• The applicant must be fully vaccinated. (For Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Sinovac, this means the recipient must have received two complete doses and more than 14 days have passed since the date of the second dose.
 

For Johnson & Johnson or Cansino, the recipient must have received one complete dose and more than 28 days have passed since the date of the vaccine dose.)
 

• Home or residence must be suitable following a risk evaluation based on:
 

− Number of persons in the home or residence;
− Number of elderly persons in the home or residence (above 60 years of age);
− Number of children in the home or residence (below 12 years of age);
− Number of persons with chronic illnesses in the home or residence;
− Number of pregnant mothers in thehome or residence;
− Number of rooms in the home or residence;
− Number of bathrooms in the home or residence;
− Number of bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms in the home or residence.
 

• The applicant must have a negative RT-PCR test result.
 

The risk evaluation undertaken by the Ministry of Health is on a case-to-case basis. The applicant will receive an outcome within three days from the submission date.
 

Prior to the home quarantine online application, travellers who entered Malaysia via Johor were required to submit their home quarantine application at least seven days prior to their arrival through cprcjknj@moh.gov.my while all other home quarantine applications were made through hso@moh.gov.my3 .
 

For further information, please contact:

 

Suganthi Singam, Partner, Shearn Delamore & Co​

suganthi@shearndelamore.com