Moh Confirms Pm And 34 Others On 14-day Self-quarantine

PUTRAJAYA, May 23 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry (MOH) has confirmed that Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is among 35 people asked to self-quarantine at home for 14 days after an officer, who attended the post-Cabinet meeting chaired by the PM on Wednesday, tested positive for COVID-19.  Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said swab tests were conducted on all 35 of them and the results were negative.   “Having said that, we need to quarantine them as part of our standard operating procedure (SOP). “We (MOH) have advised them. Hopefully all the 35 members will self-quarantine at home and, on the 13th day, we will repeat the swab tests again. If negative, they can return to work,” he said at his daily press conference on COVID-19 here Saturday.  A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said that Muhyiddin had tested negative for COVID-19 but would be in self-quarantine at home for two weeks beginning Friday.  Dr Noor Hisham said the officer, who was tested positive, had been admitted to hospital for isolation and treatment.  The MOH, he said, would conduct active case tracing and focus mainly on the officer’s family members a well as those who attended the meeting. “But, more importantly, what we have done over the last couple of months in terms of SOP at our meetings is to have spacing of at least one meter, just like the press conference in MOH. Social distancing has been practised.  “Secondly, officers attended the meeting have to wash their hands before coming into the meeting room and thirdly (they are) to avoid confined spaces,” he said.  -- BERNAMA