No problems getting hotels to serve as quarantine centres: Nadma

KUALA LUMPUR: While many hotels that served as quarantine centres previously preferred not to continue to offer their premises again, there were others in favour of it.

National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) director-general Datuk Mohtar Mohd Abd Rahman said the state Disaster Management Committee in charge of managing quarantine stations has received applications from many hotels offering their premises for quarantine purposes.

According to Mohtar, some hotels that served as quarantine centres previously had pulled out this time as they wanted to focus on reviving their businesses.

“We’re grateful that there are many hotels willing to cooperate with us though they have to observe procedures.”

On Aug 1, Senior Minister (Defence) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob was quoted as saying that between July 24 and July 31, a total of 3,384 individuals returned from abroad and are undergoing quarantine at 14 hotels and five public training institutes in Kuala Lumpur, Negri Sembilan, Penang, Kelantan, Sarawak, Selangor and Johor.

On Nadma’s level of preparedness in the implementation of the quarantine order in view of the increase in person under surveillance cases, Mohtar said the agency is well prepared and has made several improvements to the quarantine process as “we have learned a lot from our previous experience”. – Bernama

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KUALA LUMPUR: The federal government has agreed to allow Kedah to implement an administrative enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in four sub-districts.

This comes on the heels of a spike in Covid19 cases there that are attributable to the Sivagangga cluster, according to Senior Minister (Defence) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

The order, affecting about 7,000 residents, came into effect yesterday and will last until Aug 31.

“Taking into account 11 new cases involving the Sivagangga cluster in Kedah, the state government asked for the implementation of an administrative EMCO in four localities.

“A special Cabinet meeting agreed to allow Kedah to implement the order,” he said in a media briefing in Parliament yesterday.

The affected areas are:

1km radius from Restoran Nasi Kandar Salleh, Pekan Napoh (Mukim Hosba, Kubang Pasu);

Kampung Pida Satu, Megat Dewa (Mukim Ah, Kubang Pasu);

Kampung Bendang Dalam (Mukim Binjal, Kubang Pasu), and