TAIPING (Bernama): The Health Ministry will hold discussions to establish special care centres for the children of frontline personnel involved in managing the Covid-19 outbreak.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said he was aware of complaints from frontline staff who could not send their children to childcare centres because some parents were worried that their children would be exposed to the risk of infection.“Police personnel, the Malaysian Civil Defence Force, the People's Volunteer Corps and others are also facing high risk. That is why the government recommends that their children be cared for at special care centres.
"But if a special care centre is opened for the children of frontline staff, my suggestion is that the standard operating procedures is decided by the Health Ministry and its Minister who will advise the Prime Minister, ” he told a press conference after delivering Hari Raya Aidilfitri food packets at Taiping Hospital here Monday .
He also rejected the allegation that frontline workers had complained that there was no follow-up or solution to the issue of sending their children to childcare centres . "This is not true because the government values the sacrifices of frontline personnel who have succeeded in tackling the spread of Covid-19, ” he said. – Bernama
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