{"id":169775,"date":"2022-11-17T06:46:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T06:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=169775"},"modified":"2022-11-17T23:54:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T23:54:29","slug":"ge15-rules-for-covid-19-positive-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=169775","title":{"rendered":"GE15: Rules for COVID-19 Positive Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Irdina Zainudin<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GOMBAK, 17 November 2022: COVID-19 positive voters are required to wear a face mask and are not allowed to ride public transportation or e-hailing services said Director General of Health, Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a statement on 14 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) has taken the initiative to guide voters to follow COVID-19s regulations to ensure safety and to further lessen the risk of the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voters are required to abide by the following rules in the upcoming 15th general election (GE15):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>All COVID-19 positive voters are required to wear a face mask, while others are also encouraged to wear a face mask.<\/li><li>All COVID-19 positive voters are not allowed to ride on public transportation, use e-hailing services, stop anywhere except for the voting venue before and after voting, and immediately return home after casting their votes.<\/li><li>Use hand sanitisers that are provided at the voting venue. Bringing own hand sanitiser is recommended.<\/li><li>All COVID-19 positive voters are required to adhere to the social distance rule, while the social distancing between other voters is encouraged. <\/li><li>Individuals who have not yet received the COVID-19 booster vaccine are advised to immediately register for the vaccine to protect themselves and others at the voting locations. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr. Noor Hisham further stated that officials of MOH will be stationed at each voting venue to assist voters nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the 19th of November 2022, Saturday, each eligible voter in Malaysia with Malaysian citizenship will cast their vote in the GE15 to fulfil an obligation to the country to ensure a better future.***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Irdina Zainudin GOMBAK, 17 November 2022: COVID-19 positive voters are required to wear a face mask and are not allowed to ride public transportation&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2730,"featured_media":169783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5,6,19,3],"tags":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[9233,156,91,2730],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/msg841538651-7543.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2730"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169775"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169973,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169775\/revisions\/169973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/169783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}