It is hard to control big crowds at Ramadan bazaars. Filepic
THE day after tomorrow is Hari Raya Aidilfitri, the most joyous occasion after fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.
It is time for us to put on new clothes, to gather for feasts with our friends and families and to ‘balik kampung’ to celebrate with loved ones.
Oh wait.we can’t do that. We are under the movement control order (MCO). Again. We have not won the battle against Covid-19.
We are experiencing deja vu; we are again stuck in our own states, if not districts.
With cases in Penang and the rest of the country climbing higher with unflagging speed, most of us are blaming everything except ourselves.
PUTRAJAYA: Travellers from Singapore will have to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine instead of the usual 10 days from Thursday.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this was decided at a National Security Council meeting on May 7 due to the discovery of Covid-19 variants of concern (VOC) in the republic.
“The decision was made based on reports by the Singapore’s Health Ministry that three VOCs as well as a variant of interest (VOI) from India were found to have spread locally within the country, ” he said in a statement yesterday.
Dr Noor Hisham said the meeting also decided to suspend the Malaysia-Singapore Reciprocal Green Lane for business travellers from the same day.
PETALING JAYA: Speak out when you see someone not following Covid-19 precautions, say health experts.
They implored Malaysians to be proactive by advising those who do not follow the standard operating procedure (SOP) or by reporting them to the authorities.
Public health specialist Asst Prof Dr Mohammad Farhan Rusli from the International Islamic University of Malaysia said the public should be community monitors and point out those who do not abide by the SOP.
“We must also be brave to tell them to comply with the SOP.
It is no longer about safeguarding one person but an entire country and, ultimately, the entire world.