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Malaysia Scraps Indoor Mask Rule as Covid-19 Wave Eases

Masks will still be mandatory for people who test positive for Covid as well as in places such as public transport.

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Malaysia is scrapping its rule requiring masks indoors, effective immediately, ending the last of its significant Covid-era restrictions.

Masks will still be mandatory for people who test positive for the disease as well as in places such as public transport and health-care facilities, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said in a briefing on Wednesday.