BY JERRY CHOONG
Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the procurement of face masks in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak has now been taken over by Nadma. ― Picture by Yusof Mat Isa PUTRAJAYA, Feb 11 — The procurement of face masks in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak has now been taken over by the National Disaster Management Agency , Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said today.
He said the responsibility of procuring, formerly under his ministry and also the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry , is now under Nadma as there is a perceived seriousness for them to do so. “I also had a meeting with several face mask manufacturers earlier on, in which they were informed of the government’s need to build a stockpile in case the public needs them,” Lim said after officiating the expansion of the MySalam public health scheme’s coverage at the ministry’s complex.