Test or not, close contacts must still isolate - Health DG

COVID-19 | The Heath Ministry today addressed concerns that the decision not to test all close contacts of Covid-19 patients could cause the virus to be unknowingly spread.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said regardless of whether a person is tested for the virus or not, they must still self-isolate if they have been exposed to a Covid-19 patient.

"For information, close contacts of positive cases must undergo quarantine or isolation, the same as before," he said...