KUALA LUMPUR – The construction of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), costing RM284 million and located in the Enstek industrial area in Negri Sembilan, is expected to take three years and nine months to be completed, said Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
He said that the NCDC, which among other things aims to integrate and strengthen disease control and prevention activities in the country, is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
“The project involves the construction of the executive centre; the disaster outbreak, crisis and emergency centre; a public health reference laboratory, and supporting departments,” he told reporters at the presentation of the letter of acceptance at his ministry today.
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin was present to receive the letter for the NCDC project.
He then handed the letter over to representatives of Nepturis Sdn Bhd and Permata Rebana Sdn Bhd JV, the contracting companies that will build the facility.
Khairy said in his speech that the NCDC would not only serve as a disease referral centre but also as a facility to prepare the country in the event of a pandemic in the future.
“As we have been hit by Covid-19, efforts to prepare the country for the disease are extremely necessary,” he said. – Bernama, October 21, 2021
