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School co-curricular and sports activities to resume in September

Aug 18, 2020

Starting in September, schools will be allowed to resume sports and co-curriculur activities. 

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob says they must follow COVID-19 health guidelines.

He says among others, students involved must get written consent by their parents, the use of changing rooms will be limited, and all related equipment must be regularly sanitised.

Government looking to make the use of MySejahtera app compulsory 

The use of the government's COVID-19 tracing app MySejahtera could become mandatory at public premises. 

Minister in the PM's Department for Special Functions told Parliament its to encourage people to use the app instead of manually registering using pen and paper. 

Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof adds that the matter is being discussed with the AG's Chambers and National Security Council.

He also says that so far, over 15 million users have registered with the app, including 320 who tested positive for COVID-19. 

Emergence of COVID-19 Tawar cluster due to ignoring SOPs

26 COVID-19 patients have made full recoveries, while Malaysia reported just seven new cases today. 

Of the new cases, three are local transmissions linked to the Sala and Tawar clusters. 

This lowers the number of active infections to 192. 

Meanwhile the Health Director General says among the reasons the Tawar cluser emerged is due to people failing to follow SOPs.

Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says this includes gathering in small spaces and ignoring physical distancing measures.

The death toll still stands at 125.