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Monkeypox: Malacca proposes tighter health screening at checkpoints

The Malacca government has proposed to the Health Ministry to make health screening compulsory at the country’s entry gates, especially for visitors from countries with cases of monkeypox. State Health and Anti-Drug Committee chairperson Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh said the move is to prevent the spread of the virus from entering Malaysia by screening body temperature for fever, as well as physical examination of the skin and so on. “We do not want to prevent tourists from....


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