PORT DICKSON: The Health Ministry is expected to announce the relaxation of several Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP) on Wednesday (April 27), says its Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

       "I have informed the Prime Minister (Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob) of the Ministry’s plans, I will make an announcement on Wednesday,” he told reporters on Sunday (April 24).

       Earlier, Khairy visited five siblings who became orphans after losing their parents, Rodzi Tahar and Nazita Idris, to Covid-19 in Bandar Sunggala here.

       The five are Muhammad Haidir Rodzi, 24; Muhammad Hairie Rodzi, 21; Nurhairieka Rodzi,19; Muhammad Haiqiel Rodzi, 14; and Muhammad Khierzamani Rodzi, eight.

       The Prime Minister has said that the government would soon announce the relaxation of three key measures in the SOPs with regard to the wearing of face masks, the scanning of the MySejahtera application when entering premises and Covid-19 detection tests at airports. - Bernama