QUOTE(Justin.Loong @ Jul 6 2020, 03:14 PM)
Yeah, which is why Malaysia shouldn't be rushing to re-open international borders.
Source: Discussions to reopen international bordersOpening the borders or not to foreign tourists without the compulsory 14-days quarantine is different from violating the home quarantine.
2 different matters.
My previous post is on the danger of home quarantines.
There are hundreds of people returning home from abroad everyday. The quarantine rule has changed from quarantine at quarantine centres/hotels to quarantine at home since last month, and since then, there were already thousands of people including permanent residents returning home.
And since then, there were hundreds of people who did not undergo the mandatory 13th day swab test... whether they have the virus or not, it cannot be verified if they do not do the swab test at the end of the 2 weeks quarantine period.
The science and known facts are: The virus has an incubation period. On day 1 of being infected, swab test would not show the presence of the virus. Its presence shows up days later. This is why a 2 weeks quarantine is compulsory.
The 2nd swab test is to catch this type of cases where the 1st swab test fails to show the presence of the virus in the person.
If the 2nd swab test is positive, then close contact tracing will be done. If the person is quarantined, then contact tracing is easier as the number of persons in close contact with the index person is limited.
But hundreds failed to do the 2nd swab test, and at today's 2pm press briefing, about 400 persons has yet to do the 2nd swab test.