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Kota Kinabalu: Sixteen government buildings have been converted into additional wards to treat the increasing number of Covid-19 patients in the state.

The additional wards are in Kota Kinabalu (Kampus Intan and Kompleks Sukan Likas); Ranau (Dewan Kompleks Sukan); Tawau (Health Ministry Training Institute (ILKKM), Kompleks Penjara, Kompleks Sukan, and Dewan Arena Belia); and Semporna (PPR Bubul Ria); Sandakan (ILKKM and PPR Batu Putih).

Others were in Kunak (Dewan Arena Belia); Kota Belud (KB Resthouse); Kinarut (Pusat Latihan Kecemerlangan Koperasi); Beaufort (Dewan Selagon); Keningau (Dewan Masyarakat Keningau); and Lahad Datu (PPR Taman Seri Sapagaya).

Existing hospitals that are treating Covid-19 patients are Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Likas Women and Children Hospital, Sandakan’s Duchess of Kent Hospital, Tawau Hospital, Lahad Datu Hospital, Keningau Hospital, and Marudu Hospital.