Influenza A: Compulsory to fill health form

Taken from NST dated 19/05/09 , would like to share with traveller friends out there.

KUALA LUMPUR: From next week, anyone flying into Malaysia will have to fill up a mandatory health declaration form which will be given to them onboard.

Failure to fill the form and provide health particulars could result in a jail term of up to two years and fine of up to RM10,000.

This was among a list of stringent measures announced by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday to curb the spread of influenza A (H1N1) locally.

"Travellers, including Malaysians returning from abroad, will have to fill up their personal particulars, including flight and seat numbers and submit the forms to health officers at the airports.
Currently, it is not mandatory to fill the form and it's only done on a voluntary basis. This began a few months ago. Today, we agreed that the ruling making it mandatory be gazetted," Leow said.

This, he said, was apart from the thermal scanning of passengers returning from H1N1-affected countries.