State local government and housing minister Masidi Manjun said travellers must undergo an RTK-Antigen (RTK-Ag) test prior to immigration clearance at the point of entry.

“However, for travellers transiting via KLIA or klia2, they are allowed to proceed to Sabah if their RTK-Ag test is negative,” he said in a statement.

Among the SOPs imposed on all travellers are that they must download, register and activate the MySejahtera application and complete a travel declaration that includes details of their vaccination.

Foreigners are also required to have both Covid-19 and travel insurance, and to state where they will be staying in Malaysia.

“All travellers are also required to upload the results of an RT-PCR (PCR) Covid-19 test done two days before their departure.

“Anyone who tested positive for Covid-19 within six to 60 days before their departure are also required to provide results of an RTK-Ag test done two days before departure,” said Masidi, who is the Sabah spokesman on Covid-19.

He said children aged six years and below are exempted from the PCR Covid-19 test prior to departure and the RTK-Ag test upon arrival.

Children and teens aged 17 years and below are also exempted from quarantine, regardless of their vaccination status, unless they are found to be positive upon arrival in Sabah.

On March 8, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Malaysia’s borders will reopen on April 1.

“With this, Malaysian citizens with valid travel documents can enter and leave the country as they did before the pandemic,” he said at a press conference.

The country’s borders have been closed since the first movement control order in March 2020.

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