Joachim to be Sabah Covid-19 coordinating Minister from Friday (Jan 13)

KOTA KINABALU, 26 Julai -- Timbalan Ketua Menteri yang juga Menteri Perdagangan dan Perindustrian Sabah Datuk Dr Joachim Gunsalam mengadakan sidang media selepas upacara menandatangani perjanjian sewaan antara Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP) dan SK Nexilis Malaysia Sdn Bhd hari ini. --fotoBERNAMA (2021) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Chief Minister II Datuk Dr Joachim Gunsalam (pic) will take over the duties as the Covid-19 coordinating minister from Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun from Friday (Jan 13).

Masidi who is now the state Finance Minister following a Sabah Cabinet reshuffle said the move was in line with the change in portfolio after Joachim was appointed as state Local Government and Housing Minister which was previously held by him.

Masidi in a statement today thanked all parties involved in the management of Covid-19 in Sabah, especially to the Health Ministry, Sabah Health Department, health and security personnel, Covid-19 secretariat in the Chief Minister’s Department and all district offices in the state.

"Special appreciation to all media practitioners who had been very helpful in disseminating information on the development of COVID-19 in Sabah since I took over the responsibility more than two years ago,” he said.

In his last Covid-19 report today, Masidi reported that Sabah recorded its lowest infection since Sept 3 2020 when only six new cases were recorded today.

"The positivity rate is the lowest, at 0.46% with 1,295 sample tests conducted,” he said. - Bernama