Bagi menampung pertambahan pesakit yang dibawa ke MARIA, beliau berkata, pusat rawatan sementara itu disambungkan dengan Dewan B yang bertindak sebagai unit sokongan kepada MARIA dengan kapasiti 60 katil.

The media conference was also attended by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah , who presented his report on the Covid-19 situation in the country.

Dr Noor Hisham also advised the public to make an appointment before seeing a doctor, cook their own food, exercise indoors and not receive guests.

"Mereka juga boleh menggunakan objek yang tegak dan lurus kemudian halakan objek ke arah cahaya matahari," kata kenyataan itu pada Isnin.

As of now, PKRC at MAEPS has a capacity of 5,869 beds, with about 70 per cent already filled.

JKNS turut mengulas mengenai artikel bertajuk “Enam jam untuk dapat katil, suhu terlampau sejuk, makanan tak cukup, tandas ‘jijik’, antara keluhan penghuni MAEPS” yang disiarkan sebuah portal berita pada Isnin (17 Mei).

Syed Hussain cautioned that while the impact of a blanket MCO would be devastating to business and the economy, it is understood that there is a dire need to curb the rising number of new daily Covid-19 infections.