Nationwide sanitisation exercise under way

KUALA LUMPUR: A large-scale disinfection exercise is underway at 284 locations nationwide following a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases over the past few days, says Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin.

She said the two-day operation, which ends today, was conducted by the Fire and Rescue Department, with a focus on Selangor, which has continued to record the highest number of new daily cases.

“More aggressive action must be taken and the sites to be covered include housing areas, markets and so forth, ” Zuraida said yesterday.

She said from March last year to date, 25,252 sanitation operations have been implemented at 156 zones, of which 120 were red zones, 14 orange zones, 15 yellow zones and seven green zones, which were identified by the district health office according to Health Ministry guidelines.

In another development, Zuraida said as at May 28,2, 702 Bomba personnel have been screened for Covid-19 and of that number, 16 had tested positive, 96 were categorised as a Patient Under Investigation, 89 were Person Under Surveillance and an officer had died after contracting the virus. — Bernama