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Following positive case, MOH now screening pre-MCO immigration detainees

UPDATED 7.45PM | CORONAVIRUS | Following news that five Myanmar nationals tested positive for Covid-19 after they were recently deported from Malaysia, the Health Ministry has determined that one of them was detained prior to the movement control order (MCO).

Due to the discovery, the ministry will now screen all detainees who were arrested before March 18.

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