The call to appoint a state health minister for Sabah, like the one in the previous Warisan-led government, is unnecessary as it will only bring about duplication of duties, says Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president, Yong Teck Lee.

He said the Sabah Local Government Ministry has always been responsible for public health under the Public Health Ordinance 1960 and the Local Government Ordinance 1961, hence it has the powers to enforce rules and fine offenders who flout the law in containing the spread of infectious diseases...