Logistic hurdles delay Covid-19 response and other news you may have missed

KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed, in brief.

1. Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Covid-19 patients who have yet to develop symptoms may have to self-isolate for a few days before being taken to hospital, as the ministry struggles to meet the transportation needs of an increasing number of patients.

2. Noor Hisham hailed Perlis and Sarawak as models in securing state borders against Covid-19, while Tourism, Arts, and Culture Minister Nancy Shukri mooted opening national borders to tourists from certain countries.

3. The conditional movement control order in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Sabah, and several localities in other states has been extended to Jan 14 next year.

4. Netizens mocked the Public Works Department following its apology over a pothole that caused an accident involving a minister, while Ketari assemblyperson Young Syefura Othman offered to tumble over damaged roads as well if it meant expediting some much-needed roadworks.

5. The government is considering setting up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate the import of frozen meat bearing fake halal logos.

6. No lawyer has appeared on behalf of Gombak MP Azmin Ali during the case management of lawsuit against him by a group of Gombak voters.

7. Large New Year Eve’s celebrations to usher in the coming new year are not allowed, Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.

8. A woman has filed a medical negligence suit after surgeons allegedly left a pair of forceps in her abdomen during a Caesarean procedure.