Latest updates: A staff of the Malaysian Meteorological Department showing the hotspot areas on a digital screen map. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star
PUTRAJAYA: There are no plans to declare an emergency for now with the continuing severe heatwave, the government announced.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the situation could change and the government would then be prepared to issue such an order.
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