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KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,140 military personnel have been deployed to help authorities, in particular the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MoH), contain the Covid-19 pandemic, which has now entered its third wave.
The headquarters of the Malaysian Armed Forces in a statement said today that personnel from the Malaysian Army (TDM), the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) will participate in barricades and patrols of multipurpose vehicles.
“The head of the Defense Force, General Tan Sri Affendi Buang, has emphasized that the MAF remains committed and ready to help other relevant agencies to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, which has now entered the third wave,” the statement said.
According to the statement, through ‘Op Penawar’, military personnel have been mobilized to enforce the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO), the Target Enhanced Movement Control Order (TEMCO) and the Control Order of Conditional Movement (CMCO).
“The military will help with security control, such as the installation of concertina wire in high-risk areas such as those implemented in Kunak and Semporna, Sabah.
“This includes the implementation of the Compliance Operations Working Group to assist law enforcement in monitoring and ensuring compliance with RMCO’s standard operating procedures (SOPs) that have been established,” according to the statement.
The staff will be increased as needed from time to time, especially in the EMCO and TEMCO areas in Tawau, Kunak, Semporna and Lahad Datu, as well as in the CMCO areas in the Klang sub-district.
“For example, as of yesterday, the Malaysian Army has added 40 troops to be assigned to the red zone areas in Klang,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, the National Task Force (NTF) in collaboration with other security agencies such as MAF and the Malaysian Border Security Agency (AKSEM), the Department of Immigration and the Department of Customs through Op Benteng will continue to strengthen the presence maritime and land border.
The east coast of Sabah will focus on curbing the entry of illegal immigrants from neighboring countries, the statement said.
“This also includes strengthening cooperation in border control under the purview of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM),” the statement read.
In this sense, the MAF through its Royal Medical and Dental Corps is committed to working with the Ministry of Health and would operate in an integrated manner by providing technical advisers in the Crisis Preparedness and Response Center (CPRC).
“It also involves medical and dental officers and military paramedical officers who provide real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing.
“In addition, disinfection, post-treatment, medical asset management arrangement services in field hospitals to help the Ministry of Health operations to deal with the Covid-19 epidemic,” the statement read.
At the same time, the RMAF will also have special flights for the transport of medical equipment, personal protective equipment (PPE) and RT samples, using the A400M aircraft from Subang Air Base.
The RMAF has carried out flight missions to transport medical items and equipment to Kota Kinabalu International Airport and Tawau Airport, it said.
“This flight is a collaboration between the ministry and the MAF to channel aid and medical supplies as part of efforts to contain the pandemic,” the statement read. -Called
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