Health DG brushes off 'national hero' tag, says it's a team effort


PETALING JAYA: Despite being applauded by the public as a "national hero", Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) has downplayed his role, saying that it all boils down to teamwork.

He said it took a "team effort" to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, which has so far seen a total of 2,470 positive cases and 34 deaths in the country.

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