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MELAKA: A comprehensive action plan to ensure that the Covid-19 epidemic remains under control even though the pandemic continues for a long time is expected to be submitted to a subcommittee at the National Security Council (MKN), no later than next week. .
Chief Minister (Security Group) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pix) He said the plan took into account suggestions from various sectors, including the economy, healthcare and education.
“Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin considers this plan to be a matter that must be accelerated.
” He is expected to appear on a subcommittee and lead to a main committee meeting before he will appear at a MKN special session committee meeting.
“This plan, which especially involves the proposals that we have decided to face the Covid-19 pandemic in the long term, will then be presented to the people,” he said.
He said this when meeting with reporters at the Melaka Awards presentation ceremony in conjunction with Melaka Tun Mohd Ali Rustam’s Yang Dipertua Negeri 71st birthday celebration before 294 recipients in Seri Negeri, here, today.
At the ceremony, Ismail Sabri and Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Noraini Ahmad each received the Darjah Gemilang Seri Melaka bearing the title of Datuk Seri.
Bernama reported today that the MKN was formulating a comprehensive action plan to ensure that the Covid-19 epidemic remains under control even though the pandemic continues for a long time.
MKN Deputy Director General for National Security (Security Management) Datuk Rodzi Md Saad said the action plan would be based on an assessment of the facts and experience of the actions taken by the government to control Covid-19 since January. of this year.
In another development, Ismail Sabri said the proposal to grant temporary work permits to illegal foreign workers in the country to overcome the shortage of workers in the oil palm and rubber industries would be brought to a cabinet meeting in the future. next.
“Based on an Extraordinary Meeting of MKN prior to this, the priority to fill the vacancies in the sectors is given to local workers and if they are not available, then the vacancies will only be offered to foreign workers who are already here and not the new workers brought in from outside, ”he said.
Muhyiddin was previously reported to have said that the government was considering issuing temporary work permits to illegal foreign workers who were in the country to address the shortage of foreign workers in the oil palm and rubber industries, especially after the country’s border gates were closed in an effort. to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. -Called
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