Covid-19: Doctors urge Malaysians not to steal hand sanitisers from hospitals


Visitors and patients are reminded not to steal hand sanitiers from hospitals as medical frontliners need it to help protect themselves and others against Covid-19. — AFP Relaxnews

Doctors in Malaysia are taking to social media to remind people not to steal bottles of hand sanitisers from hospitals as it is an essential item to help them protect medical staff and others from Covid-19.

This comes after a Twitter user who goes by the handle @nmahakimi shared a posting where a medical frontliner expressed disappointment over visitors taking away hand sanitisers from hospitals.

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