Quarantine Indonesian event returnees for three weeks, Sarawak told
Thursday, 19 Mar 2020 12:47 PM MYTSoo called on Sarawakians to cooperate with the state government’s efforts to contain and mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic. — Reuters pic
She claimed this is because the incubation period without symptoms is known to take up more than 20 days. “This may be the tip of the iceberg as it is alleged that some of these participants had not reported and refused to go for testing, and may have gone on to be spreaders, unknown to the community,” she said.
Soo also wants the Sarawak government to stop all movement of members of Parliament between Sarawak and Putrajaya, saying that two of them have been infected and upon return to risk spreading the infection to party members and supporters.
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