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05 COVID-19 TESTS

1.
Are travellers required to take any pre-departure COVID-19 tests?

Yes. Travellers must undergo a COVID-19 Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase
Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test within 2 days before departure for Malaysia.

Children aged 6 years and below based on the calendar year (i.e. in the year 2022,

those who are born in or after 2016), are exempted from Pre-Departure Testing.

If the pre-departure test is taken on 1 April 2022, it will be valid for departure up to 3

April 2021, 2359 hours.

For countries which have bilateral agreement with Malaysia, pre-departure COVID-19
test may be exempted, and depending on route of travel (air, land, sea).

As of 1st April, the following countries have been exempted from the requirement for
pre-departure COVID-19 test:

• Singapore – Travellers from Singapore by land do not need to take any test.

Travellers from Singapore by air can take a professionally administered or supervised
COVID-19 antigen rapid test.

Travellers who were detected positive between 6 – 60 days before arrival should take
a professionally administered or supervised COVID-19 antigen rapid test.

7 Updated on: 15 April 2022