15 December 2021
The health minister has gazetted over 160 sets of regulations under Act 342 during the Covid pandemic that criminalise things like losing a tracing device worn during quarantine.
Tag: Act 342
15 December 2021
The Bill imposes a maximum RM10,000 compound for individuals and RM1 million for corporate bodies; it’s unclear if medical practitioners will be compounded as individuals or if the compound is imposed on the facility they work at.
14 December 2021
The draconian and unscientific measures under proposed amendments to Act 342 revert to a containment strategy that MOH had supposedly replaced with treating Covid-19 as an endemic disease.
12 December 2021
Malaysia
Khairy: Proposed Act 342 Amendment Moots RM10,000 Compounds For Individuals, RM1Mil For Companies
Khairy Jamaluddin also wants to amend the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 to empower local council officers to enforce the law that doesn’t only regulate Covid-19, but also dengue.