Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaking at a daily press conference on Covid-19 at the Ministry of Health yesterday. — BernamaA transition in government does not disrupt the effort of the Ministry of Health from continuing to combat the spread of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
“At that moment too, we were trying to use our methods and engage with other agencies. For example on March 10 we informed that if possible we should avoid Friday prayers because the tabligh groups had returned to their villages. Subsequently, Perlis had made the move and on March 15 the government decided that no Friday prayers would be held for two weeks,” he said.
“Thanks to the trust given to civil servants ... because when we have a strong argument, with the modeling and so on, the Prime Minister decided to implement the first MCO on March 18, even though neighbouring countries have not implemented it yet. And we were the first to do so and we had acted quickly,“ he said.
“So we make sure that every MOH employee wears personal protective equipment while on duty ... the safest areas are those working in the ICU and ward.
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