‘Balance containment efforts’


Head of state: Sultan Nazrin Shah making his way into the Perak State Assembly building. Accompanying the Ruler is Perak MB Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu (second from left). — Bernama

IPOH: The battle against the Covid-19 pandemic should remain a priority but containment efforts must be balanced to sustain the national economy, says Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah.

The Perak Ruler said the economy must not be brought to a point in which recovery would become “very difficult”.

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