Melaka govt says 'no' to using state hotels as Covid-19 quarantine centres

State Health and Anti-Drug Committee chairman Rahmad Mariman

MELAKA: The Melaka government will not allow hotels in the state to be used as quarantine centres for Covid-19 to safeguard the tourism industry.

State Health and Anti-Drug Committee chairman Rahmad Mariman (Umno-Ayer Molek) told the state assembly Wednesday (July 22) that the state government is instead willing to reopen a complex owned by the Public Works Department in Alor Gajah and the Road Transport Department academy at Tiang Dua in Jasin as quarantine centers.