MOH says screening migrants detained prior to MCO, after Myanmar national tested positive
Tuesday, 19 May 2020 06:33 PM MYTResidents and migrant workers living in the vicinity of Pudu have been ordered by the Ministry of Health and Royal Malaysian Police to conduct a Covid-19 screening May 17, 2020. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The Ministry of Health said today it is in the midst of screening migrants that were held in detention centres since before the movement control order was enforced. Its director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this was due to a Myanmar national under such condition who tested positive for Covid-19.“Out of 437 whom were detained, one was tested positive. This batch of detainees were not screened earlier and we will be screening the remaining 436 immigrants,” he said during MOH’s daily briefing on Covid-19.He added that foreign nationals including those from Myanmar who were deported were detained before the MCO was enforced.
The Immigration Department had in recent weeks raided several MCO areas for undocumented migrants before detaining them, despite the Health Ministry previously vowed for migrants and refugees to not worry about their status when coming forward for Covid-19 testing.
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