Home Minister tests positive for Covid-19


PUTRAJAYA: Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin has tested positive for Covid-19.

He is the third minister this month to test positive this month, after Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed as well as Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Harun.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri tested positive for Covid-19 in October last year.

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