KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4 -- Health Minister Datuk Dr Adham Baba said the Ministry of Health (MOH) refuses to share raw Covid-19 data with other parties, including state governments, due to "past incidents".

In his written reply to a question from his predecessor Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad (PH-Kuala Selangor, Dr Adham said that the sharing of data will lead to different interpretations and possibly cause panic among Malaysians. He however did not disclose details of any such incidents.

"This is to avoid the risk of contradictory or variable interpretations of data by various agencies that could possibly lead to public panic because of the information delivered," he said in a written reply published on the Parliament site today.

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