Covid-19: Sabah halts flights of university students due to congestion risk at quarantine centres

By MUGUNTAN VANAR

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has halted all chartered flights of university students into the state due to the large number of returnees posing a congestion risk at its quarantine centres.

State Education and Innovation Minister Datuk Dr Yusof Yacob (pic) said the there were some 6,796 students scheduled to return to the state.

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Sabah Health Department , Covid 19 , Quarantine centre , Dr Christina Rundi , Chartered flights

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