KOTA KINABALU, Sept. 25 -- Sabah Parks has closed another three parks to allow disinfection work to be carried out in these areas.

According to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment's permanent secretary Dr Jamili Nais, the parks are Tawau Hills Park, Tun Sakaran Marine Park and Sipadan Island Park, which are all located in Tawau and Semporna.

Dr Jamili in a statement today said that the disinfecting work had to be done following the spike in Covid-19 cases in Sabah's eastern coast.

"The three parks will be closed for seven days starting Sept 24 and will be out of bounds for all visitors during this time," he said.

On Thursday, Dr Jamili announced the closure of Kinabalu Park for two weeks after a hiker from Tawau, who had ...