CORONAVIRUS | Those still living in student accommodations are not allowed to return home, said Senior Minister (security cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
He said the cabinet had received a proposal from the Higher Education Ministry and it was currently being reviewed by the Health Ministry.
Ismail said if students were allowed to leave, even in stages, it would involve a large number.
"There are 80,000 students living in accommodations provided by private and public institutes of higher learning.
"This figure does not include those who stay in rental accommodations with private owners," he said.
Ismail said the Health Ministry will have to evaluate the impact of such movements.
He stressed that it may cause problems to the neighbourhoods which the students are returning to.
"The Health Ministry has noticed that the number of new Covid-19 cases are trending downwards.
"The Health Ministry does not want to jeopardise this (situation) and put all our efforts (over the past three weeks) to waste," he said.
Meanwhile, Ismail (above) said the government is aware that there are still Malaysians who are stranded abroad and the Foreign Ministry is working to bring them back.
Recently, he said, Malaysians have been brought back from Algeria and Tunisia by their employers while Malaysians in Saudi Arabia were sent back by the Saudi government.
He said efforts were still underway to bring back Malaysians from India, Sri Lanka and Turkey.
"To their families in Malaysia who are urging the government to take action, the process of bringing them back is ongoing," he said.
As for students abroad, Ismail reiterated the government's position that they should stay where they are if possible. - Mkini
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