People have a right to know of public places with Covid-19 cases: CIJ

COVID-19 | The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) has called for full and transparent disclosure on all public places with known positive Covid-19 cases, citing the public's rights to make informed decisions on matters affecting their lives.

This was contrary to Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah's reported remarks yesterday that the Health Ministry will not disclose the names of public places where Covid-19 cases were detected, to avoid stigmatising these premises and sparking fear among the public...