Claims of outbreak at vaccination centre fake, says Masidi

 

Rumours had been going around on social media that several people infected with Covid-19 had visited the vaccination centre at the Sabah International Convention Centre and triggered a possible outbreak.

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government has denied claims that several people supposedly infected with Covid-19 had visited the vaccination centre at the Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC) here and triggered a possible outbreak.

State local government and housing minister Masidi Manjun said the rumour, which went viral over social media, had urged visitors who went to the centre on July 31 and Aug 1 to come forward for a swab test.

“I would like to stress that this call (to undergo swab tests) did not come from the health ministry but from irresponsible quarters,” he said, in his daily Covid-19 statement here today.

“The public need not be worried about visiting the SICC because all spaces within the venue are continuously sanitised.”

Masidi said visitors and SICC workers have also strictly followed the SOPs at all times. - FMT