05 May 2021 / 18:09 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
KOTA BHARU: The Kelantan government has submitted a report on the critical Covid-19 situation in the state to the Malaysian National Security Council (MKN) to seek its advice, says Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob.
He said the report from the State Special Security Committee (JKKN) was handed in several days ago, and they were currently waiting for the response.
“Among the things mentioned in the report is of the high rate of infections involving the South African B.1.351 variant in Kelantan, while the infectivity rate still exceeds 1.0
“In addition, the Covid-19 infection has occurred in the community with 16 percent of the cases having no epidemiological links. In fact, we are also running short in terms of human resources and logistics at health facilities,’’ he said.
Wednesday, 05 May 2021 05:23 PM MYT
The Covid-19 Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centre (PKRC) is located at the Kubang Kerian USM Health Campus Main Hall in Kelantan. Yesterday, Kelantan recorded 296 new Covid-19 cases while 35 clusters are still active in the state, with two new clusters detected involving the Machang district. ― Bernama pic
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KOTA BARU, May 5 The Kelantan government has submitted a report on the critical Covid-19 situation in the state to the Malaysian National Security Council (MKN) to seek its advice, says Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob.
Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow
(pic) said the matter was made known during a special session of the National Security Council on Covid-19 management through a video conference chaired by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyidin Yassin on Wednesday (Jan 20). During the video conference, we agreed with the Prime Minister s suggestion that the strengthening of the efforts in facing the pandemic should involve every state. And the relevant approach should be a micromanaged prevention, implemented especially according to locality and infection trend, he said in a statement on Wednesday (Jan 20).
Chow said that Penang will restructure its existing technical committee to enable it to function effectively in aspects of enforcement, public education and knowledge sharing at the community level.