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KUALA LUMPUR: The Deputy Minister of Environment and Water, Ahmad Masrizal Mohamad, confirmed today that he tested positive for Covid-19 after the second test was carried out last Wednesday, and is currently in treatment at Sungai Buloh Hospital .
Masrizal said he did not have any symptoms and that the first test carried out on September 23 in Kota Kinabalu during the Sabah state election campaign returned a negative result.
“However, after the second test result came back positive, I was admitted to Sungai Buloh Hospital on Thursday. I am healthy.
“Since I had the first test, I had no signs of fever or cough, but before returning to the office last Monday, on my own initiative, I went to do the swab test again and found that the result was positive” it said today in a statement.
He said that while he was waiting for the results of the first and second tests, he was in quarantine at home.
“I hope we don’t all take this Covid-19 threat lightly. If there is an opportunity to do a second or third test, do it, “he added.
Prior to this, several political party leaders had also been confirmed positive for Covid-19, including Umno chief information officer Shahril Hamdan and Umno Supreme Council member Razlan Muhammad Rafii.
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