Recently, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah campus collaborated with other groups of volunteers to produce personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontliners in Kuala Muda District, which has the largest COVID-19 cases in Kedah, a state situated in the northern part of Malaysia.

The project, a joint effort between the Faculty of Art and Design, UiTM Kedah Women’s Club (PEWANI), Staff and Welfare Club (KSUK), Batik Merbok Group and students, was spearheaded by Dr Wan Noor Faizah Wan Omar, Head of Learning Centre and Dr Noreha Che Sidek, Head of Kedah Campus Health Unit.

The first 2,000 units of face shield were successfully distributed in April 2020 to government hospitals such as Yan Hospital (HY) and Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital (HSAH), the Health Department of Kedah State and Polis Diraja Malaysia at the roadblock checkpoint Semeling, Kedah.