Covid-19: Do not discriminate against migrant workers, Health DG warns


PETALING JAYA: With Covid-19 infection clusters emerging in three immigration detention centres, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has said that negative sentiments against detainees must not be amplified and must not be a catalyst for discrimination in saving lives.

The Health director-general said that the whole of government and whole community approach should work together to fight the virus.

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