Brunei Covid-19 case was at Seri Petaling mosque, says ministry
Medical workers test for the presence of Covid-19 in samples. The Ministry of Health is asking people who attended a tabligh at the mosque in Seri Petaling, Selangor, recently to get tested for the virus as soon as possible. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 11, 2020.
THE Ministry of Health has advised people attended a four-day outreach or tabligh gathering at the Seri Petaling mosque, Selangor, in February to get tested for Covid-19 after a Brunei citizen who was present contracted the virus. Director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysian authorities were informed by Brunei counterparts about a Covid-19 infection in the kingdom after the person’s travel history indicated a trip to the mosque to attend the gathering.
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