Health minister in quarantine

Ragananthini Vethasalam3 years ago6th Aug 2021News

Adham baba 120320 tmiseth 04 — Health Minister Dr Adham Baba is in isolation at home, according to the ministry, but no details are available about when or where he may have been exposed to the virus. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, August 6, 2021.

HEALTH Minister Dr Adham Baba missed a press conference and visit to a vaccination centre two days ago as he is in quarantine, ministry secretary-general Mohd Shafiq Abdullah said.

“The minister could not join the press conference today because he is in quarantine at home,” Shafiq told reporters today.

Adham was supposed to pay a visit to the DUKE R&R Segambut Toll Plaza vaccination centre on August 4, along with Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Science, Technology and Industry Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

However, all three ministers cancelled the visit.

Adham earlier this week attended the Public Accounts Committee meeting in Parliament. The meeting held on August 2, was related to the government’s procurement of Covid-19 vaccines.

Adham previously isolated at home in December last year after he was exposed to a positive case. – August 6, 2021.

The Malaysian Insight

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