{"id":4028,"date":"2020-05-29T00:15:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T16:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2020-05-29T06:15:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T22:15:46","slug":"pm-muhyiddin-dismisses-allegations-hes-in-singapore-for-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=4028","title":{"rendered":"PM Muhyiddin dismisses allegations he’s in Singapore for treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 – Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today dismissed allegations that he is undergoing medical treatment in Singapore.<\/p>\n

The prime minister, a cancer survivor, said he is undergoing\u00a0a COVID-19 self-quarantine at his residence in Bukit Damansara in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish to state that these are false claims and are not true at all. For your information, I am in quarantine at my residence in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur,\u201d he said in a post on his Facebook page when relating a video conferencing session he had had earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Muhyiddin had engaged in the video conferencing session with Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah to get an update on the COVID-19 situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cNevertheless, at a time when the nation is battling the COVID-19 pandemic, I will ensure that discussions are ongoing in planning the strategy to fight the disease,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Muhyiddin is on self-quarantine for 14 days from May 22 after an officer who attended a post-Cabinet meeting the prime minister chaired two days earlier had tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Various matters need to be fine-tuned before schools can reopen<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
In the same video conference, Muhyiddin said that various matters\u00a0will be considered, including the readiness of teachers to conduct health checks on students, before schools can reopen.<\/div>\n
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The prime minister said the government also needed to know whether the Education Ministry was ready to comply with the standard operating procedure (SOP) set to curb the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe we have to ascertain with the Education Ministry,\u00a0are they able to comply with the new SOP in schools\u2026have to\u00a0check, have to wash hands, have to test (temperature), and are the instruments all on\u00a0standby?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAs far as I know, a classroom normally has some\u00a040 people, we can\u2019t allow 40 to seat close together.\u00a0Now, only half (that number), meaning have to break into two classes. If 20 per class, we don\u2019t know what the distancing is like,\u201d he said in the video conferencing.<\/p>\n

In the 40-minute video conferencing\u00a0session, which was uploaded on Muhyiddin\u2019s Facebook, the prime minister said if the number of students was reduced to 15 per class, it would require the use of many classrooms and holding of morning and afternoon school sessions.<\/p>\n

These were among matters that needed to be studied and fine-tuned before schools could reopen, he said, adding that so far no dates had been set for schools to resume.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Schools nationwide have been\u00a0closed since the Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented on March 18 to break the chain of COVID-19 infection.<\/p>\n

Senior Minister (Education Cluster)\u00a0Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin had earlier said that schools would not be reopened at short notice as an announcement would be made at least two weeks in advance.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow it is indefinite;\u00a0there is no date yet being fixed so it\u2019s ok. I think at one point it is guided by the Health Ministry\u00a0views. Things are ok, everyone will be able to manage, the teachers and kids in schools can follow what the instructions…this is what the parents are interested to know,\u201d Muhyiddin\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

Muhyiddin said many parents had already started asking when schools would be reopened.<\/p>\n

\u201cI explained to them based on what we decided earlier, that only those sitting for\u00a0SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) and\u2026 even for\u00a0SPM\u00a0we haven\u2019t set the date,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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