Health DG defends team effort after Umno veep calls for a new 'czar'

In light of a call for someone new to steer the country’s Covid-19 response in a new direction, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has explained that his leadership is both based on and limited by collective decisions.

Yesterday, Umno vice-president Mohamed Khaled Nordin said Putrajaya ought to hand over the reins to someone with “fresh ideas and strategies” to combat the pandemic...