More than 24,000 foreigners screened for COVID-19 - Health DG
The screening of foreigners would continue and hoped that COVID-19 tests could be conducted at EMCO areas. - Filepic
A total of 24,125 foreigners in Malaysia have been screened for COVID-19 so far, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said of this number, 1,132 were found to be COVID-19 positive, 487 are still receiving treatment including three in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), four have died and 641 have recovered.
He said the screening of foreigners would continue and hoped that COVID-19 tests could be conducted at Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) areas regardless of whether the people there were locals or immigrants.
"We will screen and test all in these (EMCO) areas. We will also identify target groups for screening and testing especially those involving clusters, apart from conducting acute case detection through trace and track.
"Those found positive will be isolated and treated, and those negative but linked to positive cases will be quarantined for 14 days," he told a COVID-19 media briefing here today.
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