Use Pulau Jerejak as Covid-19 quarantine centre, urges CAP
Malaysia now has 1,030 Covid-19 cases, the third highest number in Asia. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, March 21, 2020.
THE government should consider using Pulau Jerejak in Penang as a temporary quarantine centre for the northern region. Making the call, Consumers’ Association of Penang president Mohideen Abdul Kader said it’s not a frivolous idea since the island once served as a health quarantine centre for immigrants in 1875.
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