KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has halted all chartered flights of university students into the state due to the large number of returnees posing a congestion risk at its quarantine centres.
said the there were some 6,796 students scheduled to return to the state.
“We expect congestion at the quarantine centres provided by the government. We are stopping or postponing the chartered flights for now, ” he said.The Sabah Health Department also urged the rescheduling of the chartered flights due to the threat of overcrowding at the quarantine centres. “We have asked for the chartered flights bringing back students to be rescheduled. This is because thousands of them are expected to come back for Hari Raya.
Dr Christina said that it was necessary to keep the returning students to complete their tests as it could pose a threat of the spread of Covid-19 if they returned to their respective hometowns and kampungs without prior screening.
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