Minister: 182 close contacts of Covid-19 case in Tinjar to be transported to Miri for swab test, quarantine
Minister in-charge of Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee Datuk Lee Kim Shin when contacted this morning, confirmed that this had to be done based on advice by the Ministry of Health. ― Borneo Post picMIRI, May 4 ― A total of 182 close contacts of the Covid-19 positive cases from eight longhouses and a school in Tinjar will be transported to Miri today for swab test and quarantined at designated centres.
“Upon the advice of MoH, all close contacts which had been identified through active detection over the last few days will be brought to Miri for swab test and later on will be placed under quarantine,” said Lee. A few people from the longhouse have raised their concern over the possibility of being infected with the virus during their journey down to Miri for the swab test, as they are worried that they may be placed together in close proximity with those who may have been infected.
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