GEORGE TOWN: Up to four medical personnel will be at each voting centre tomorrow to assist voters who are Covid-19 positive.
With 294 schools and 12 private education institutions turned into polling centres in Penang, this means more than 1,000 healthcare professionals will be engaged to help patients exercise their voting right without unwittingly causing the virus to spread, said an Election Commission (EC) spokesman in the Bayan Baru constituency yesterday.
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