KUALA LUMPUR: None of the Defence Ministry's (Mindef) personnel has been infected with Covid-19, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
However, the Defence Minister said all personnel had been ordered to take safety precautions, including using sanitisers."We are also ready to act and cooperate on any instructions or recommendations by the Health Ministry," he told a press conference after chairing his ministry's first post-Cabinet meeting on Friday .
Mindef is also ready to cooperate and assist the Health Ministry in regard to the coronavirus, he added. Asked whether there are plans to delay or cancel any ministry event or gathering, Ismail said the ministry would wait for further instructions from the Health Ministry. On whether the ministry would evacuate Malaysians in Italy following the outbreak, Ismail said he would wait for the government's decision on the matter.Ismail said he would also be attending a high-level committee on Covid-19 meeting later today, which will be chaired by the Prime Minister.
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