Putrajaya has begun to engage private hospitals in a bid to rope them into the country's battle against the raging Covid-19 pandemic.

For now, it would appear that patients with the correct insurance policy or the means to pay for their own treatment will have to go to private hospitals.

Nothing is set in stone. When contacted, Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah told Malaysiakini that negotiations with private healthcare providers are still ongoing...