EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been reangled to lead with Prof Adeeba's quotes and its headline has been changed accordingly.

An infectious disease expert has questioned the value of a large scale disinfection exercise that will be carried out for two days beginning today at 284 locations nationwide following the sharp increase in new Covid-19 cases over the past few days.

Taking to Twitter, infectious disease expert Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman hinted that the sanitisation exercises were a waste of limited resources...