“During the first movement control order, phase one last year, the police was the lead agency in ensuring that the SOP was adhered to. Stopping the prison clustersDuring phase two, some time in May 2020, there was a significant increase in the number of infected cases. “All the efforts contributed to lowering the number of infected cases in the country, ” he says. “The prisons are only supposed to accommodate 45, 000 people but it reached 65, 000 at one point last year. Hamzah says his recovery has given him a second wind, driving him to do the right thing for the nation.

Source: The Star June 13, 2021 00:11 UTC