CORONAVIRUS | The Youth and Sports Ministry will make a special application to the National Security Council (NSC) and Health Ministry (MOH) for the national badminton squad to begin training under the Road to Tokyo (RTT) programme by June 1.

Its minister, Reezal Merican Naina Merican, said the application would be submitted before Aidilfitri but approval for the athletes to begin training was at the discretion of the NSC and MOH.