Parliament: Law allows quarantine of passengers

Star: KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has issued quarantine and monitoring orders on passengers who travelled on the same flights as those who have tested positive for Influenza A (H1N1), Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin told the Dewan.
The Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act 1988 and the International Health Regulation 2005 were used in enforcing these orders, the Deputy Health Minister said.
To identify the passengers, the Ministry would get the list of passengers and crew members from the airlines and the health declaration forms from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport health office, she said.
The health district office would then inform the passengers and issue the quarantine/ control order to them, she said in response to Nurul Izzah Anwar (PKR-Lembah Pantai).
Nurul Izzah had asked about the procedures and steps taken by the Ministry’s National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre to contain the infection since passengers on flights MH 091 and AK 5358 were not required to report themselves for quarantine.