{"id":3265,"date":"2020-04-16T23:28:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T15:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3265"},"modified":"2020-04-16T23:28:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T15:28:54","slug":"recognition-not-for-me-but-for-the-country-muhyiddin-makes-the-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3265","title":{"rendered":"Recognition not for me, but for the country; Muhyiddin makes the decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PUTRAJAYA, April 16\u00a0&#8212; Health director-general\u00a0Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has described his listing as among the three best and most trusted people in the world in handling the COVID-19 pandemic as a recognition for the country, including the government administration led by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recognition is not for me, but for the nation. What is important is that the Ministry of Health (MOH) works as a team and gives advice. It is the Prime Minister who makes the decisions, for example in implementing the Movement Control Order (MCO),\u201d he said at his daily press conference on COVID-19 here today.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3266\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3266\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/muhyiddin-noor-hisham.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/muhyiddin-noor-hisham.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/muhyiddin-noor-hisham-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/muhyiddin-noor-hisham-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/muhyiddin-noor-hisham-1024x496.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/muhyiddin-noor-hisham-207x100.jpg 207w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/muhyiddin-noor-hisham-350x169.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/muhyiddin-noor-hisham-800x387.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health Director General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham said PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin makes all the decisions in the handling of COVID19 pandemic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also expressed his gratitude for the cooperation and commitment of all ministries in implementing the MCO as a team in a bid to curb the spread of the virus in the country.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Credit given to the frontliners<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Instead of basking in the praises lavished by the China Global TV Network (CGTN), he also credited the support played by the frontliners, comprising MOH staff as well as those from security agencies like the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) and Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) in carrying out their duties during the MCO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you MAF, PDRM and the Immigration Department for controlling the borders as well as the police and other agencies for carrying out their duties in ensuring the public complied with the MCO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to the frontliners, starting from the health personnel to PDRM and everyone who stepped forward to help fight the pandemic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>CGTN named Dr Noor Hisham\u00a0as one of the world\u2019s top three doctors\u00a0in handling COVID-19 pandemic<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Yesterday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/2020\/04\/16\/china-tv-names-dr-noor-hisham-among-worlds-top-doctors-on-covid-19\/\">CGTN<\/a>\u00a0had\u00a0listed Dr Noor Hisham as one of the world\u2019s top three doctors \u2018born\u2019 from\u00a0public health officials\u00a0in handling the COVID-19 outbreak, alongside America\u2019s Dr Anthony Fauci and New Zealand\u2019s Dr Ashley Bloomfield.<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0its website, CGTN said it had\u00a0crowned Dr Noor Hisham as one of the top doctors in the world for his\u00a0straightforward and calm approach in handling the outbreak in Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he stressed that there was no scientific evidence to suggest that using the Disinfection Box\/Chamber\/Tunnel\/Booth\/Partition\/Gate could reduce COVID-19 infection among humans, and that it instead could be harmful to individuals, like causing skin irritation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<em>BERNAMA<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUTRAJAYA, April 16\u00a0&#8212; 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