KOTA KINABALU – Beginning today, e-hailing services, taxis registered for e-hailing, and food delivery operators are allowed to make inter-district trips in Kota Kinabalu, Putatan, and Penampang during the movement control order.
State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said it was decided by the Covid-19 State Disaster Management Committee to enable these operators to cross district borders without the need to get police approval letters.
He said this easing of restrictions was to meet the needs of the people, but the operators should still adhere to the standard operating procedures set by the National Security Council.
“They are allowed to operate from 6am to 8pm daily, with a maximum of one (e-hailing) passenger, except for medical or emergency cases when two passengers are allowed,” he said in a statement last night.
Masidi, who is the state government spokesman on Covid-19, said Sabah recorded 193 new cases yesterday, bringing the cumulative figure for positive cases to 67,900. Three deaths were also reported, two in Tawau and one in Sandakan.
He said 319 more patients had recovered from Covid-19, raising the cumulative total for recoveries to 65,557.
A total of 1,473 patients were still being treated – 451 in hospitals, 1,020 at low-risk public quarantine and treatment centres, and two at a temporary detention centre or prison, he added. – Bernama, June 23, 2021
