KUANTAN – Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today decreed that Covid-19 screening tests must be conducted for all flood evacuees housed at temporary relief centres to avoid the emergence of new clusters.
His Majesty said tests were necessary to ensure that those infected with Covid-19 are separated from other evacuees, so as to comply with the standard operating procedures set by the Health Ministry to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
“This must be given priority as we don’t want to have relief centre clusters. To the relevant authorities, please take note and do the necessary because this is something that cannot be compromised,” Al-Sultan Abdullah said when visiting 225 flood evacuees at the Wisma Belia relief centre here today.
Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah and their sons – Regent of Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah and Tengku Panglima Raja Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah were in attendance.
Al-Sultan Abdullah, who arrived at the relief centre in a four-wheel-drive vehicle he drove himself, was welcomed by Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail and State Secretary Datuk Seri Sallehuddin Ishak. – Bernama, December 20, 2021
