COVID-19 | A number of private hospitals in Penang have started receiving Covid-19 patients to lessen the burden of government hospitals in fighting the pandemic.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the Penang State Health Department was still having further discussions with other medical centres and several agencies for Covid-19 screening and treatment of various categories of patients.

"The government is also looking at a new location for a Covid-19 Low-Risk Treatment and Quarantine Centre,” he said in a statement today...