BERNAMA
03/08/2020 09:05 PM
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 3 -- The government will gazette the use of the ‘MySejahtera’ application at all premises nationwide through the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342), says Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said the move was necessary as the Ministry of Health (MOH) was currently facing difficulty in tracing close contacts at places where COVID-19 cases had been detected.
"The first reason is that premises do not use the MySejahtera or other (contact tracing) applications.
"Secondly, the premises does not have a customer record. The premises should have a customer record including the phone numbers of individuals who enter the premises," he said during the COVID-19 press conference here, today.
Asked on how the ministry had so far traced close contacts in the event premises did not use the MySejahtera application, Dr Noor Hisham said it implemented the Targeted Enhanced Movement Control Order (TEMCO) in the affected areas.
-- BERNAMA
