PETALING JAYA: The voting process for Covid-19 patients went smoothly at all polling stations as at noon, says caretaker Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
He said all the polling centres were each assigned at least one health worker to handle the processing.
“For example, at this polling centre (SK Section 7 Kota Damansara), I was informed that 10 voters with Covid-19 came to cast their ballots. On arrival, they identified themselves as Covid-19-positive and were allowed to cast their vote straight away and then go home,” he said.
Dare to care: Medical officer Norazlina Mohd Tahar helping a Covid-19-positive voter cast her vote in SK Setapak Indah Kuala Lumpur. — AZLINA ABDULLAH/The Star
Khairy, the Barisan Nasional candidate for the Sungai Buloh parliamentary seat, was speaking to reporters after observing the voting process at SK Seksyen 7 Kota Damansara here.
Prior to this, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said individuals who had the virus must comply with several guidelines, including physical isolation and not taking public transport.
Khairy is in a seven-cornered contest against Pakatan Harapan’s Datuk R. Ramanan, Perikatan Nasional’s Mohd Ghazali Md Hamin, Pejuang’s Mohd Akmal Mohd Yusoff, Parti Rakyat Malaysia vice-president Ahmad Jufliz Faiza, and two independents, Syed Abdul Razak Syed Long Alsagoff and Nurhaslinda Basri.
