Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020 07:26 PM MYT
Despite not experiencing physical attacks thus far, the healthcare personnel here have encountered unnecessary obstacles to the extent of like ‘cat chasing the rat’, as there are undocumented migrants in the settlements constantly trying to evade screening for fear of detention and deportation. “Now, we are facing another great challenge of being cursed, threatened and criticised not by our local communities but by the squatters in the settlements. There were times when we had to chase after them and get them to come out of their hideouts for screening.
“This could be seen in our screening exercise for the tenants of rented rooms in shop lots at the town centre only for those with symptoms or had close contact with patients tested positive,” he told Bernama today. “We have dispatched our personnel to team up with the healthcare personnel to conduct screenings like in the UNHCR-sanctioned settlement of Kg Muslim to help smoothen the exercise.
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