The Padang Besar Immigration, Customs, Quarantine, Security Complex (ICQ) has been temporarily closed after six Thai students who passed through the checkpoint tested positive for Covid-19.
Bernama reported the six Thai students, aged between 23 and 33, had just returned from Saudi Arabia, entered Thailand through the Padang Besar checkpoint.
“I was informed that 34 ICQ officers, comprising six from the Royal Malaysian Customs Department, 10 from the Malaysian Volunteer Corps Department (RELA) and 18 from the Malaysian Immigration Department, have been placed under quarantine at the Kangar Industrial Training Institute,” said Azman Mohd Yusof, Perlis Disaster Committee Chairman.
