NSTnation Penang has urged the Health Ministry to provide additional preliminary tests for Covid19 and simplify its procedures.
Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said, if the need arises, the state government was prepared to assist the ministry in this initiative in Penang.
"I hope the Federal government will give due consideration to my suggestion. I will officially bring it up in the next National Security Council Special Meeting on the management of Covid-19," he said in his daily live address to the people of Penang on his Facebook page. Secondly, Chow hoped the Home Ministry would enforce movement control at all borders in Penang, to enable the state to effectively break the Covid-19 infection chain.
Meanwhile, Chow also urged the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the Human Resources Ministry to determine and enforce the Environment, Health and Safety protocols for industries so production work which was allowed to operate would strictly adhere to such health and safety rules without exception.
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