Melaka to deploy bike patrols to combat spread of coronavirus

Tourists in Melaka wearing face masks while touring the historic city during the Lunar New Year festive holidays.

MELAKA: Melaka has come up with its own method to combat the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus by mobilising the Bicycle Emergency Response Team 2.0 or Melbert 2.0 at major tourist hotspots in the historic city.

State Health, Anti-Drug and Unity Committee chairman Low Chee Leong said Melbert 2.0 is a mobile emergency team of paramedics on electric bicycles (e-bikes) and will be mobilised starting Tuesday (Jan 28) at all tourist destinations, including the iconic Jonker Walk.