SEGAMAT, Jan 3 — The decision to temporarily suspend umrah trips has been a difficult one to make but it is done in the public interest following the threat of the new Covid-19 Omicron variant, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator Idris Ahmad.The decision was made following careful deliberation between the relevant agencies taking into account the recommendations from the Health Ministry regarding the latest threat of the deadly virus, he said.
“Don’t slander us, claiming that we want to oppress Muslims. MoH provided data facts of how the disease is being transmitted from all these countries,” he told reporters after visiting flood victims housed at Sekolah Agama Kuala Paya, near here, today.
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