BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): Brunei Darussalam has recorded five more Covid-19 cases, including that of a 61-year-old man and his 30-year-old son.
Both had been travelling with the 53-year-old man who was announced as the country’s first to test positive for Covid-19.
The latest developments were announced by Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Mohammad Isham Jaafar, in a press conference held on Monday evening at the Ministry of Health. The man also suffers from a number of chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. He has been placed in the National Isolation Centre in Tutong since March 9, after initial laboratory tests returned positive.”
The MoH has also learned that around 90 Bruneians were at the same religious event at the Jamek Sri Petaling Mosque in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 28 until March 3. They returned to Brunei Darussalam on different flights.
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