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Health D-G: Immigration enforcement in EMCO zones a Home Ministry matter, not decided by MoH

Friday, 01 May 2020 07:18 PM MYTHealth director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks during a press conference at the Ministry of Health in Putrajaya May 1, 2020. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

The Health director-general also argued that the previous assurance that no action would be taken against those who came forward for Covid-19 testing only applied to individuals who heeded the call. Authorities previously appealed to undocumented migrants including refugees and asylum seekers to come forward for testing, after the discovery of the Sri Petaling Covid-19 cluster.

 

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