Umrah pilgrimages for Malaysians will be temporarily suspended from January 8 while returning pilgrims will be subject to mandatory quarantine at designated centres from Monday (Jan 3), says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

Khairy said the decision was made due to concerns over the Covid-19 Omicron variant.

He said this in a press conference on Saturday (Jan 1).

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