PUTRAJAYA: The health ministry has been asked to review if college and university students nationwide should be allowed to return home or stay put where they are during the third phase of the movement control order (MCO) to deter any transmission of virus to their communities.
Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said there are about 80,000 students nationwide living on campus and this does not include those who are renting rooms outside the campus.
“We need to review the situation as it involves a big movement of students.
“The number also includes those who want to return to Sabah and Sarawak,” he said during a press conference here when responding to a question on whether the government will allow them to return home.
Ismail said he wanted the health ministry to review the matter, especially in terms of the impact of their movement.
“The health ministry says there is a drop in the number of Covid-19 cases. The health ministry does not want it to increase, especially after the MCO was extended until the end of the month.”
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