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Closing low-risk outlets makes no sense, says ex-deputy minister - superadmin - 07-17-2021 PETALING JAYA: Former deputy health minister Dr Lee Boon Chye has proposed three ways to balance lives and livelihood as the Covid-19 situation worsens. He said it did not make sense to force non-essential businesses to close despite being in the low-risk category. He said risk-based assessment would be more effective to kick-start the stuttering economy while ensuring the numbers are low. “It should be risk-based and not according to the industries. “It doesn’t make sense to punish those who are following SOPs and allow those violating them to continue operating,” he told FMT. - More -