{"id":456,"date":"2020-06-15T10:50:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T10:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=456"},"modified":"2020-06-15T11:08:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T11:08:55","slug":"covid-19-swab-test-not-need-to-enter-sabah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=456","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 swab test not needed to enter Sabah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KOTA\nKINABALU: The tourism industry in Sabah received a boost today as the state\ngovernment has lifted the requirement for Malaysian citizens to undergo a\nCovid-19 swab test before entering &nbsp;the\nstate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Sabahans returning to the state and everyone from Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Labuan would only be required to fill in a health declaration form, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal (pix) in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200615_184235.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-459\" width=\"152\" height=\"229\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The move was in line with the federal government\u2019s enforcing the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) from June 10 to August 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey\nonly need to complete the form and follow the standard operating procedures\n(SOPs) of the Sabah Health Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe\napproval for entry is also subject to rules by the Immigration Department and\nother related laws,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\nadded that the health department will still monitor and assess the risks of all\nthose entering Sabah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously,\nthe Sabah government required those travelling from the peninsula, Sarawak and\nLabuan to take a swab test three days before coming to Sabah to ensure they\nwere free from the virus.-HS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU: The tourism industry in Sabah received a boost today as the state government has lifted the requirement for Malaysian citizens to undergo a Covid-19 swab test before entering &nbsp;the state. Now Sabahans returning to the state and everyone from Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Labuan would only be required to fill in a health&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions\/461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}