The government is to conduct a special repatriation mission to bring home Malaysians from the northern and western region of India as the country set another new record in daily new COVID-19 cases and fatalities today.     

Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the mission will be conducted with the cooperation of the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) and Health Ministry using a specially chartered aircraft from Malaysia.