Malaysians urged to postpone mass gatherings in light of Covid-19 pandemic
Thursday, 12 Mar 2020 06:07 PM MYTHealth Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba speaks during a press conference at Hospital Sungai Buloh March 12, 2020. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
“The Cabinet is urging people to hold fewer mass gatherings and events in order to avoid getting infected with Covid-19,” he told a press conference at Hospital Sungai Buloh here. The contact tracing was initiated after neighbouring Brunei reported its first case of coronavirus infection on Tuesday, a 53-year-old man who had attended the same event at a mosque between February 28 and March 1.
Of the 57 hospitals, Adham said Hospital Sungai Buloh itself has been designated as the main treatment facility to handle the outbreak with a total capacity of 772 beds. On the travel ban which would effectively be enforced tomorrow, Adham said no new country would be added to the list to date following the Cabinet’s decision yesterday.
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