PUTRAJAYA, April 17 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The government requirement for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or individuals out to to help people during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period to register with the Welfare Department (JKM) is in the interest of safety of all parties involved.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said it is also to facilitate the Health Ministry to do contact tracing if there is COVID-19 infection among contributors of aid and/or recipients.
“We are not trying to block anyone from helping, it is for their own safety because they deliver aid and meet the recipients. We do not know who has health problems along the line.
“Are there any positive COVID-19 cases among the senders or receivers? If registered, we can do tracing if there is infection among them,” he said at his daily briefing on the MCO here today.
