Covid-19: 29 Malaysian students fail rapid test in East Java, barred from boarding flight home
Tuesday, 28 Apr 2020 09:37 PM MYT
JAKARTA, April 28 ― Twenty-nine out of 164 Malaysian students in East Java heading back to Malaysia were found to be positive when undergoing a Covid-19 rapid test and thus were barred from boarding a flight from Surabaya. East Java Covid-19 task force tracing team head Kohar Hari Santoso, when contacted by Bernama, said the 29 students were undergoing further testing for Covid-19 and had been placed under 14-day quarantine.Rapid testing is part of the Indonesian government's measures for early detection of Covid-19 among the masses.
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