KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Following is the list of denials issued by the relevant agencies to the Quick Response Team of the Communications and Multimedia Ministry on fake news relating to Covid-19 which went viralled on social media sites yesterday.
1. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) denies allegations that payments using cards have been frozen for non-essential business from March 27 until the end of the movement control order (MCO).
2. Segamat Hospital, Johor denies allegations on the use of its wards to accommodate Covid-19 patients as the hospital has been gazetted as a screening hospital for non-Covid-19 patients.
3. The National Security Council (MKN) has denied allegations of a posting related to the sales of bundle clothing belonging to dead Covid-19 victims.
4. National Security Council denied allegations that Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) had announced a list of areas in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur which would be involved under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO).
5. The Health Ministry denied that Kampung Pandan, Desa Pandan and Taman Maluri were declared as ‘red zone’ when a Rohingya man of Kampung Pandan was suspected of being infected with Covid-19 and sent to Sungai Buloh Hospital.
6. Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) refuted the statement of a person who was allegedly ordered by the Datuk Temenggong to obtain the personal information of villagers at Kampung No. 3 in Kuching and its surrounding areas for a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas on a possible lockdown in Kampung No. 3, Kampung No. 4 and Kampung No. 6.
7. The MOH denied allegations that there would be the third wave of Covid-19 virus infection on March 31, 2020, and that people to stay indoors during dusk and rainy season as those were times when Covid-19 virus could easily spread.
8. The MOH refuted claims it had a connection with parties who applied for medical equipment and food for a high-risk group at the Institute of Medical Research (IMR) who conducts the Covid-19 samples screening.
9. The Perlis Health Department (JKNPs) and Tuanku Fauziah Hospital denied any link with the flyers distributed by the PPKSE Staff Club, asking for clothes, equipment, food and other necessities for frontliners.
— Bernama
