Kota Kinabalu: United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (Upko) believes there is no need to declare an emergency to deal with the Covid-19 situation as the country has existing laws to deal with the situation under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342). Its Secretary General, Nelson W Angang
(pic), said this Act gives the power to the state to make regulations, control the movement of people and also to move the armed forces as what has already been done in the country in dealing with the Covid-19 situation.
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“There are those who would want to justify declaration of emergency to handle covid-19 by giving examples of other countries. But they stop short of explaining why those countries had to do so.”
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