Inmate with Covid-19 triggers screening for 1,500 at Sg Buloh prison

CORONAVIRUS | A total of 1,500 individuals from the Sungai Buloh prison, consisting of staff and prisoners, will undergo Covid-19 screening after an inmate there was confirmed positive for the coronavirus.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the prisoner, who is a foreign citizen, had been in there since 2016, but he did leave the prison on March 13, and has been moved to the Semenyih Immigration depot after contracting the disease.