{"id":6249,"date":"2020-10-07T13:48:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T05:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6249"},"modified":"2020-10-07T13:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T05:49:00","slug":"allegations-of-muhyiddin-violating-moh-order-not-true-pms-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6249","title":{"rendered":"Allegations of Muhyiddin violating MOH order not true – PM\u2019s office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was not wearing the COVID-19 monitoring wristband of the Health Ministry (MOH) as he was advised to carry out self-health monitoring using home assessment tool (HAT) via MySejahtera application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a statement of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office today, the move was based on risk evaluation conducted by MOH officers on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Prime Minister was advised to undergo self-quarantine and carry out self-health monitoring in the house daily for 14 days using home assessment tool (HAT) through MySejahtera application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn this regard, he was not required by MOH to wear the monitoring wristband,\u201d according to a statement which refers to the absence of monitoring wristband in the the Prime Minister\u2019s wrist which went viral and was questioned by netizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement stressed that the allegation that\u00a0the Prime Minister violated MOH order was not true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the statement, the result of the COVID-19 screening test carried out on the Prime Minister on Monday (Oct 5) was confirmed negative yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from that, Muhyiddin had also undergone COVID-19 screenings on Sept 22, 26 and 29 and all the tests were found negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was however advised to get treatment immediately at a health facility nearby if he experienced symptoms during the quarantine period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo far, the health of the Prime Minister is good. Despite that, he will continue to carry out self-quarantine until the 14-day period stipulated by MOH is over,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhyiddin has to undergo self-quarantine when he chaired the National Security Council (MKN) meeting which was attended by the Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Department (Religious Affairs) Senator Datuk Seri Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zulkifli was confirmed COVID-19 positive on Monday and is being treated at a hospital in Seremban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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