JUST IN: Govt Gives Dr Noor Day Off, No Press Conference Today

It has just been reported that Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah will not be conducting a Covid-19 briefing today (9 March).

According to Oriental Daily, this would be the first time in 49 days of continuous updates from Dr Noor Hisham since 21 March.

For recent weeks, he has been reporting the daily updates of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia, as well as the progress of ceasing the spread of the coronavirus within the community. And Dr Noor Hisham has been reminding Malaysians that we have not won the war against Covid-19, thus the constant advice for us to stay at home.

Public Health Malaysia updated its Facebook page earlier today, announcing that Dr had been given a “day off” by the Prime Minister’s Office.

“Today Dr Hisham has been given a ‘day off’ by the Prime Minister’s Office. There will be no press conference today, only a media statement will be released.”

The Ministry of Health announced on Facebook that a media statement regarding the daily Covid-19 update will be released at 4:30pm today.

“The Ministry of Health would like to announce that there won’t be a press conference on the latest news regarding Covid-19 in Malaysia today, 9 May 2020. However, a media statement on the latest situation will be released at 4:30pm.”

“Press conference will resume as usual tomorrow, 10 May 2020.”

Many netizens were also concerned about the well-being of Dr Noor Hisham and had expressed that he deserves a rest. One of them even commented that they will miss seeing him host the press conference since they’ve been keeping up with the live updates.

Stay tuned for more updates, people.

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