Malaysia

MoH denies advising seniors to avoid voting in Johor polls

Health Ministry says it never issued ‘recommendation’ made viral on social media

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 06 Feb 2022 5:48PM

MoH denies advising seniors to avoid voting in Johor polls
The ‘recommendation’ advises senior citizens not to go out to vote in Johor in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19 infection among this group. – The Vibes file pic, February 6, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – The Health Ministry today denied issuing a recommendation that senior citizens should not go out to vote in the Johor election, as was rumoured on social media recently.

In the recommendation, senior citizens were advised not to do so in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19 infection among this group.

However, the ministry said on its official Twitter account that it had never issued such a recommendation, and hopes the public will not spread fake news. – Bernama, February 6, 2022

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