Permission for travel to Sabah will only be granted to certain categories of people, who must make an application to Sabah’s state domestic affairs and research office.
MOH should also disclose the percentage of success of Sarawakian medical officers in getting permanent posts in Sarawak hospitals, besides properly distributing the 150 new permanent postings instead of concentrating them in the cities.
Celebrations of confirmation, the first holy communion, and infant baptisms in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor are also postponed under further notice, while weddings and funerals are limited to a maximum of 20 participants.
Kampung Tunku assemblywoman Lim Yi Wei, the eighth politician to contract Covid-19, had tested negative on her first test at the airport on Sept 27, five days before testing positive on her second test on Oct 2.
Five active Covid-19 clusters have crossed state lines, including the Jalan Meru cluster that has reported 48 cases across Selangor, Johor, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, and Putrajaya.
Religious Affairs Minister Zulkifli Mohamad al-Bakri urges everyone who attended events that he had attended from Sept 24-Oct 4 to get screened for Covid-19, even as MOH reported 432 coronavirus cases today (Oct 5).
Schools, places of worship, and non-essential businesses will be closed, as employers are ordered to allow their employees to take leave or work from home.