News by Emir Zainul

In a statement today, Bersatu secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said the Supreme Council has recognised Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as acting chairman in accordance with Clause 16.9 of the party constitution, following the resignation of Mahathir as chairman on Feb 24.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: We have done the screening, but maybe one or two of them were probably still in the incubation period. So they tested negative. And then when we place them in the immigration detention depots, they become positive and start to infect other detainees. 

Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: Today is actually the 14th day from the day [they started] isolation or quarantine. So we have taken the swab [samples], all the post-Cabinet meeting members are negative. So tomorrow they will resume work in their office.

In a statement today signed by the five lawmakers, they said the purported termination of their membership was malicious and violated Bersatu's constitution and the law.  

MoH’s director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: We would like to advocate the public to have a homely closed-door Hari Raya. This is unprecedented but at least we can protect our families.

"But if Malaysians work together and collectively practise social responsibility and social discipline by complying with the SOP, we can reduce the R0 further and reduce [the number of new] cases to one figure.”

“But we have to make history. If we want to be successful in breaking the chain of Covid-19 infections in this country, we have to come together as one.”

"Stakeholders are confused now as to why screenings were needed at first and no longer needed now; [they are] feeling unsafe knowing that the threat of Covid-19 is still very much around."

Director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: If the public's compliance is high, we can control and reduce the number of cases detected

"So far, we have sufficient capacity in terms of the number of hospitals, wards, equipment and workforce. We can still (manage) and the number of new cases are also decreasing," said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.