Experts raise Covid-19 alarm over holding GE

Bound for quarantine: A Health Ministry personnel putting on a pink tag on a passenger who disembarked from a flight from Sabah at KLIA. — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: The sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in Sabah should serve as an “alarm bell” against the holding of a snap general election, warned the nation’s top medical experts.

Universiti Malaya Academician Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Lam Sai Kit said the recent Sabah state election provided a useful lesson on what is likely to happen if snap polls are held.