Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has revealed that visitors to some premises did not write down their real names and phone numbers before entering.
According to him, they wrote various names and some even put the names of Badang, Superman and Batman.
Ismail Sabri said such actions would make it difficult for the owner of the premises to contact customers if a positive COVID-19 case was detected at the premises.
"We have decided that we only need names and phone numbers for this purpose. Let's say there is a positive COVID-19, we can contact those who left their phone numbers and who came to the premises.
“But I understand that many people did not give their names correctly, they did not give their correct numbers. Some wrote the names of Badang, Superman, Batman, and so on. So, if anything goes wrong, you can't contact them.
“That's why some premises may ask for a name card so the real name can be known. So, I expect business premises visitors to write down real names and phone numbers,” he said at a press conference here on Monday.
Meanwhile, Ismail Sabri expressed relief with 74 per cent of the 215,712 respondents in a National Security Council (MKN) survey conducted yesterday.
He said there were three questions asked and most respondents insisted that they would simply celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri with their families in their homes and not allow outsiders to travel together.
“If this is the trend, then I don't think I should be too worried because 74 per cent don't want to be open to outsiders, just families in the house. That is the hope of the government even if we give the permission to 20 people on that first day (of raya).
"But if 74 per cent of these respondents said they would not allow anyone else to come to their homes except for their own family, and if everyone does the same, there would be no fear that we would be infected with COVID9 and there would be more positive cases in conjunction with Hari Raya," he said.
Astro Awani
Mon May 18 2020
Ismail Sabri said such actions would make it difficult for the owner of the premises to contact customers if a positive COVID-19 case was detected. - FILEpic/BERNAMA
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