Covid-19: Man tested positive in Telipok area urged to seek treatment
Saturday, 10 Oct 2020 01:57 PM MYT
The Kota Kinabalu Area Health Office is now actively trying to track down a man who tested positive for Covid-19 in the Telipok area. — Reuters pic KOTA KINABALU, Oct 10 ― A man who tested positive for Covid-19 in the Telipok area, yesterday was asked to seek treatment at any nearby health clinic immediately.
Kota Kinabalu district police chief ACP Habibi Majinji said the man fled after being asked to wait at the National Crisis Preparedness & Response Centre of the Kota Kinabalu Area Health Office to be taken to hospital after getting the test results at the Telipok Health Clinic. According to him, the local man, aged 53, from Taman Puterajaya, Telipok had undergone the test the day before.“The Kota Kinabalu Area Health Office is now actively trying to track down the man. So far, he has not been detected,” he said when contacted.He said the case was classified under Section 270 of the Penal Code and Section 22 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988.
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