Health Ministry directed to give time off to exhausted frontliners


PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has been directed to give some time off to medical frontliners to rest and recharge.

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said while these staff took a breather, volunteers comprising doctors, nurses and voluntary bodies would be moved in to take over the duties temporarily.

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