{"id":3861,"date":"2020-05-18T09:58:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T01:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2020-05-18T09:58:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T01:58:03","slug":"flights-for-tertiary-students-back-to-sabah-postponed-from-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3861","title":{"rendered":"Flights for tertiary students back to Sabah postponed from today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 mt-4 px-sm-0 px-md-5 px-lg-15 text-dark text-justify\">\n<p>KOTA KINABALU, May 18\u00a0 &#8211; The flights bringing tertiary students back to Sabah have been postponed from today and will be rescheduled.<\/p>\n<p>Sabah Education and Innovation Minister\u00a0Datuk Dr Yusof Yacob said the rescheduling was to facilitate the process of sending the students to the quarantine centres in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a big number of students who are returning,\u00a06,796 of them, so we expect congestion at the quarantine centres provided by the government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 mt-4 px-sm-0 px-md-5 px-lg-15 text-dark text-justify\">\n<p>\u201cThe present quarantine centres cannot take many students and\u00a0 members of the public at one time,\u201d he said in a statement here today.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the students to cooperate and advised them to be patient and remain calm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They should also inform their parents and families of this postponement and the reasons for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 mt-4 px-sm-0 px-md-5 px-lg-15 text-dark text-justify\">\n<p>Meanwhile, Sabah Health Department (JKNS) director Datuk Dr Christina Rundi confirmed that the department had requested for the chartered flights bringing back the students be re-scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>She said the request was made as they involved a large number of students wanting to return before Hari Raya.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Christina said all the students are required to undergo the quarantine process at the quarantine centres while waiting for the results of their screening tests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 mt-4 px-sm-0 px-md-5 px-lg-15 text-dark text-justify\">\n<p>&#8211; 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