The Academy of Medicine of Malaysia said it is troubled by the introduction of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Exemption) Order 2021, which states that cabinet ministers returning from official overseas visits must only quarantine for three days instead of the mandatory 10 days for inbound travellers.

"We, the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, wholeheartedly oppose the Exemption Order as well as any plan to extend the three-day quarantine rule to other travellers...