will start operational by 27 april as a quarantine centre with the sabah international convention centre (sicc) has also been identified as among further potential quarantine centres. shortage of coronavirus test kits reagents following reports of the shortage of coronavirus test kits reagents, the sabah government has acquired an immediate supply of 5,000 reagents from singapore on 3 april through a joint efforts between the state government and non-governmental organisation (ngos) with another 5,000 arrived the following day. the reagents along with critically low medical supplies donated by the federal government specifically for medical frontliners in sabah were flown through a royal malaysian air force (rmaf) flight. the state government also in the process to gather another 10,000 reagents has been announced by the state chief minister on 22 april. aid to sabah on the pandemic local aid the sabah state government has announced a total of rm670 million aid to help ease the burden of the people affected by the outbreak with 15 measures had been formulated under the package, involving three categories including assistance to frontliners staffs and the affected people. on 21 april, the sabah state legislative assembly has passed the first supplementary supply (2020) bill 2020, approving a further additional budget of rm553 million to help those affected by the pandemic in the state. the sabah state government also has directed all its government-linked companies not to reduce or cut their staff salaries despite going through the current business slowdown due to the mco. the federal government had donated a total of 200,000 face masks, 50,000 gloves, 10,000 litres of sanitisers and a variety of medical equipments for frontliners in sabah. on 10 april, a further 3 million surgical masks meant for the distribution to every home in sabah were delivered by the federal government through another rmaf flight. basic essential items aid also being extended by ngos to families of illegal immigrants in the state following reports that they have been abandoned by irresponsible employer. several local individuals who requested anonymity has donated a total of 10,000 pieces of 3-ply surgical masks to hospitals around sabah. through the "star frontliners initiative", a total of 150,000 surgical gloves were delivered to the frontliners in sabah's queen elizabeth hospital. under the "edge covid-19 equipment fund", medical equipments such as breathing machines, ventilators and oxygen concentrators along with various personal protective equipments (ppes) comprising 196,000 face masks, 4,840 protective gowns/suits and 1,200 face shields were delivered to hospitals around sabah. until april, the state government has received contributions worth rm11,380,000 in cash and other different kinds of donations from various state statutory bodies, ngos and private sectors of the state in support of its efforts to stem the virus spread within sabah. foreign aid china's consulate-general in kota kinabalu has announced that medical aid to be dispatched to sabah to aid their struggle against the virus and reciprocate the people's of sabah recent assistance to mainland china. the first aid came to sabah on 29 march, which consists of 83 boxes of face masks with 2,000 pieces before a further 170,000 boxes of face masks, personal equipments and sanitisers delivered directly to the sabah state government. another 20,000 surgical masks destined for sabah's healthcare frontliner workers were delivered in early april. through the efforts and initiatives of the sabah ma-zhong friendship association, a total of rm100,000 worth of medical aid and masks were delivered to sabah frontliners comprising 10,000 pieces of 3-ply surgical masks from the sichuan federation of returned overseas chinese, sichuan overseas chinese business association, and sichuan tiandan trading co. ltd., 5,000 pieces of n95 face masks from the fujian provincial people's association for friendship with foreign countries and another 400 pieces of kn95 face masks from the shanxi provincial federation of returned overseas chinese and shanxi overseas exchanges association. chinese medical experts specialised in respirology, intensive care, psychiatry, infectious diseases, data analysis, virology and traditional chinese medicine (tcm) also being dispatched to sabah to share their expertise in dealing with the virus with some of the expertise has experience throughout the coronavirus pandemic in hubei province. filipino residents in sabah are being channelled monetary aid by the filipino government through the "dole-akap cash assistance" while indonesian residents in the state were also given aid through their government consulate-general office in the form of essential items aid.