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Masks Are Not Compulsory In Schools Except For Those Who Show Symptoms

The Senior Minister said this in a statement on Friday, 17 July, while he was clarifying issue about whether schools are required to provide face masks for all students and staff.New Straits Times reported Ismail Sabri saying that it is not compulsory for students or teachers to put on a mask during school hours and that the school administrators are only required to provide face masks... Click here to read […]

today18 July 2020

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10 Malaysian Stores That Sell Reusable Face Masks

Non-governmental organisation YWCA is selling handmade masks sewn by women from the B40 community. The project was started as an initiative to provide income-generating opportunities and entrepreneurial training for students of their Vocational Training Opportunity Centre (VTOC), which provides free skills training to underprivileged young women. Since then, their network of sewers has expanded to help more women, i.e. sewers from Desa Mentari flats and other women NGOs.Each mask comes... […]

today11 June 2020

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Do You Still Need To Wear A Mask In Public If You Seem Healthy? Here’s What MOH & WHO Says

Among the benefits, it listed:— reduced potential exposure risk from infected persons before they develop symptoms,— reduced potential stigmatisation of individuals wearing masks to prevent infecting others or of people caring for COVID-19 patients in non-clinical settings,— making people feel they can play a role in contributing to stopping the spread of the virus.One other... Click here to read the full article. Source:

today7 June 2020

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A Private Hospital In KL Has Been Fined RM200,000 For Profiteering Off 3-Ply Masks

In the complaint, that has been seen by SAYS, the patient alleges that he was charged RM201.60 for 18 masks that were used by the hospital's staff while treating his four-year-old daughter.At RM201.60 for 18 three-ply masks, a single mask at the private hospital was charged at RM11.20, compared to the maximum price of RM1.50 per piece.The private hospital was overcharging by RM9.70 for... Click here to read the full […]

today23 May 2020

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A Private Hospital In KL Charged A Patient More Than RM200 For 18 Masks Worn By Its Nurses

In a statement issued on Friday, 15 May, KPDNHEP said that it is investigating the private hospital for profiteering. The ministry did not name the hospital in the statement that was posted publicly.According to the ministry's Enforcement director, Iskandar Halim Sulaiman they carried out checks that showed that the face masks were sold at RM11.20 each. The price is high, he... Click here to read the full article. Source:

today16 May 2020

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