Covid-19: 11 in close contact with Malaysian patient test negative

Eleven individuals who were in close contact with a Malaysian man tested positive for Covid-19 after returning home to Kuala Lumpur from Bangkok, Thailand have tested negative for the virus.

Director-general of the Disease Control Department, Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai said health officials managed to trace and conduct screening on the 46-year-old man’s close contacts – 10 individuals in Bangkok and one in Chiang Mai (a 36-year-old Thai woman who flew from Bangkok to Chiang Mai on Aug 17)...