IIUM Kuantan COVID-19 Operation Room (will be mention as OpRoom) has been established under purview of Kuantan Campus Director as agreed in Kuantan Campus Covid-19 Committee Meeting held on 27/09/20 chaired by Deputy Rector, Prof. Ahmad Hafiz Zulkifly.

OpRoom officially operated on 01 October 2020, stationed at Meeting Room 6, OCD with only 3 members. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Razman Mohd Rus was appointed as Director, assisted by 2 staff from OSHBE. With the abundance of activities and tasks, selected Safety Liaison Officer (SLO) from various K/C/D/I/O/M was appointed to assist at OpRoom.

Functions of the OpRoom are as follows:

• to advise the Campus Director on issues pertaining to the preventive & control measures of Covid 19 during the registration of new intake & returning students.
• To gather, analyses, interpret and disseminate (once approved by Campus Director) information related to the process of new intake and returning students entering Kuantan Campus