: The action of certain business owners in banning residents from Ketengah Jaya in Dungun from entering their outlets for fear of Covid-19 infection is a form of discrimination and should not have happened, said Terengganu State Health Department Director Dr Nor Azimi YunusKetengah Jaya, which is located in Rasau, has a population of 31,000 and so far, has recorded 22 positive cases of Covid-19.
Dr Nor Azimi said the Covid-19 cases were only reported in certain localities, not spread throughout the Rasau area as assumed by the public so there was no apparent reason why the residents from Ketengah Jaya or Rasau should be barred from entering business premises. Dr Nor Azimi said as soon as Covid-19 patients were traced, they would be placed under the mandatory 14-day quarantine or brought to the hospital for treatment, thus the risk of transmission by positive cases or their close contacts in the community was very low.
I am sure it is! With institutionalized discrimination in comparison, this is nothing!