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Ministry studying how returnees tested negative in India but arrived positive
Despite all of them testing negative for Covid-19 before departure, seven of the 132 people who were repatriated from India to Malaysia earlier this week were later found positive with the virus.
All 132 have since been placed under a 21-day quarantine for monitoring.
When contacted, Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (above) said...
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