D-G: Four new Covid-19 cases
Published on: Monday, March 02, 2020
By: Bernama
Photo Source: Bernama
Kuala Lumpur: Four more positive cases of Covid-19 have been reported, bringing the number in the country to 29.Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the 26th case is a 52-year-old man who had visited Shanghai, China in mid-January. He said the man came down with fever and sore throat on Feb 27 and received outpatient treatment at a private hospital on the same day.ADVERTISEMENT
“Covid-19 detection screening tests conducted on him turned up positive yesterday and he was admitted to the isolation ward of Sungai Buloh Hospital for treatment while the source of the infection is being investigated and tracing of close contacts is being carried out,” he said in a statement.
Dr Noor Hisham said the 27th case is a 20-year-old trainee nurse who was on short-term attachment to a private hospital which treated case 24.
“While contact tracing activities were conducted by the District Health Office, she was identified as one of the close contacts of that case.
“On Feb 21 and 22, she handled that case without wearing any personal protective equipment (PPE) and on Feb 27 she came down with cough and was confirmed Covid-19 positive yesterday (Saturday). She has been admitted to the isolation ward of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital,” he added.
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He said the 28th case is a 45-year-old man who is a colleague of case 25.
“He, case 25 and another colleague have travel history to Milan, Italy from Feb 15 to 21. When close contact tracing was done, he was found to have symptoms since Feb 26 and CD-19 tests were Covid confirmed positive on Feb 29.
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