ALOR SETAR: There is a need to tighten checks on the MySejahtera application status of individuals at all premises, especially supermarkets, to ensure those placed under the Home Supervision Order (HSO) do not gain entry.
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said his ministry had detected non-compliance of the HSO because there were still individuals found checking in at supermarkets despite being in the quarantine period.
"In Kedah, in just one week, there were 523 MySejahtera check-ins (to premises) who were Covid-19 positive or high-risk individuals placed under home quarantine.
"A total of 18 per cent of the (523) check-ins occurred in supermarkets, so we ask that supervision at entrances be tightened because they (quarantined individuals) managed to check in, which means the security guards are not checking their MySejahtera properly.. they are just letting them in," he told a media conference in conjunction with his working visit to Kedah at Wisma Darul Aman here today.
On a separate matter, he said that more than 180,000 teenagers in Kedah would begin receiving their vaccine shots from tomorrow at the vaccination centres or schools and his ministry expects the process to be completed within a month.-- BERNAMA