"Trainee doctor hostels and daily treatment complexes have been converted for the purpose of treating COVID-19 patients."

Mengulas perkembangan proses vaksinasi pula, Dr Siti Mariah berkata, Selangor memerlukan lebih ramai pegawai perubatan sebagai vaksinator dalam mempercepatkan proses vaksinasi dijalankan.

Companies in these sectors can resume operations using the existing COVID-19 Intelligent Management System (CIMS) 3.0 approval letter which bears the acronym ‘PKP 3.0’ and dated June 2021 and thereafter.

He said the ministry also dedicated PKRCs for foreigners at private hotels such as Royale Chulan Hotel Kuala Lumpur and a resort in Bangi, and they have to foot the bill.

Amirudin then pointed to a recent report published by the Economic Action Council that some 600,000 households in the M40 category have slipped into the B40 category as a sobering fact of the current economic situation faced by the country.

“Secara umumnya, pertumbuhan ekonomi Malaysia pada 2020 adalah yang kedua terendah selepas krisis kewangan 1998,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan.

"We are certain that this new facility will go a long way in spurring the demand for travel once the borders are reopened."