To sanitise or not to sanitise


PETALING JAYA: The recently launched nationwide sanitation exercise continued to draw intense debate from experts over its effectiveness.

In the latest round, a group of top scientists said they were behind University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) Covid-19 task force chair Datuk Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman who questioned the need to roll out the sanitation programme and saying that the money could be better used elsewhere.

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