On Wednesday, Health CAS Rashid Aman dismissed reports that the government has barred all the Cabinet Secretaries from traversing the country amid a surge in coronavirus cases. The CAS said the purpose of the circular from the office of the Head of Public Service - which prompted the reports - was to reinforce the containment measures. “The purpose of the circular was simply to reinforce the measures that the government had put in place for civil servants and public servants to observe,” Aman said. "The results came back positive for coronavirus and I am now receiving medical care and responding well to treatment at an isolation and treatment facility." He took to Twitter to say, "We have noted reports on social media purporting that I have been admitted in hospital.

Source: The Star July 24, 2020 11:09 UTC