IN RECENT weeks, the Health Ministry’s hospitals and clinics have been swamped with patients concerned that they had been in contact with Covid-19 patients.
These people were worried that they had been in the same building or meeting room or lift with a Covid-19 patient who has been reported in their working area.
While the ministry may screen through patients by asking questions at clinics or virtual clinics, Covid-19 throat swab tests will be done only on those who meet the criteria for patients under investigation and close contacts, says Dr Chong. Dr Chong says that the recommendations from the World Health Organisation and the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta in the United States are different. While the distance for close contact is within one metre for the WHO’s definition, the CDC’s definition is two metres and with an exposure of 15 minutes to a Covid-19 case, he says.
It is not necessary to test those who do not meet the criteria because tests that the ministry have done on such people had shown negative results, but they may be advised to self-quarantine, if necessary.
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