Covid-19 patients in categories four and five will be transferred to the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) field hospital in Kepala Batas, Penang if the hospitals in Kedah can no longer accommodate the increasing number of patients in both these categories.

Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said the MAF had already stated its readiness to receive patients from the state, but the Health Department in both states must discuss the matter further.

“If the hospitals here are full...