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THE government has announced a 14-day isolation programme for all MAB Kargo Sdn Bhd employees at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) starting today.Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (picture) said the isolation programme is for 360 employees of MAB Kargo who are healthy, asymptomatic and tested negative of Covid-19.“Based on the risk assessment which has been done by the Ministry of Health (MoH), the move was decided following the increase in Covid-19 cases from the Kaya cluster located in Putrajaya and Negri Sembilan involving MAB Kargo employees.

MALAYSIA recorded more recoveries for 11 consecutive days yesterday, where a total of 2,506 patients have been discharged, bringing the total recoveries to 291,958.In comparison, 1,683 new Covid-19 positive cases were detected, of which 1,673 were local transmissions and 10 were import cases.Health DG Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Selangor recorded the highest daily cases with 746 cases, followed by Sarawak (201) and Penang (172).

THE Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) will be enforced at the Muar Rehabilitation Centre (PPA) from today until Jan 6 next year, due to the high infectivity rate. Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the Ministry of Health (MoH) has conducted 726 screening tests at the PPA, where 20 positive cases have been detected among detainees. “Based on the risk assessment, MoH found that the rate of infection is high. On the advice of the MoH, the special session today agreed on the implementation of the EMCO at the PPA from Dec 24 to Jan 6, 2021,” he said in a...

HEALTH DG Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (picture) said the government should wait for the Phase 3 clinical trials of vaccines before committing to one.“We have hopes of looking into the vaccines but to date, although there are 11 vaccines in Phase 3 of clinical trials, we have yet to read the reports on them.“So, we hope to analyse the reports in terms of the safety and advocacy of the vaccines. Hopefully, it will be positive but nonetheless, we will look at the details thoroughly,” he said in his daily briefing yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 65 premises were ordered to close for violating Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP) on Saturday (Aug 14), says Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.