Health Ministry to reply on Covid-19 shortcomings in December, says PAC chairman


KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is expected to issue a reply next month to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on shortcomings in managing the Covid-19 outbreak.

"We expect to get a reply in December. The ministry will be (addressing) the recommendations the PAC made following the report," PAC chairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin told reporters at a press conference in Parliament on Tuesday (Nov 14).

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