Border re-opening depends on number of critical cases in Brunei, says health minister


File photo of a traveller at the Sungai Tujoh Control Post. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 10 (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): The re-opening of cross-border travel via land and sea on August 1 depends on the number of patients in Categories 4 and 5.

This was said by Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Mohd Isham Jaafar. He said this is one of the crucial conditions that the Covid-19 Steering Committee will monitor to ensure the healthcare capacity is not affected.

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