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HIGH CITY: A positive case of Covid-19 was recorded under the Malaysia-Singapore Periodic Travel Agreement (PCA), which started on August 17, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.
He said that so far no cases have been reported under the Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) scheme.
“It is an imported case… a positive case under PCA that has been treated.
“Once they test positive, what we do is handle the case quickly, investigating the course of the case beforehand and also the close contacts. If the contacts are found to be in Malaysia, then they will be isolated. The Singapore authorities will also be notified as they need to find other close contacts, ”he said at a press conference after officiating at the Sungai Rengit Health Clinic here today.
He said the confirmed positive individual was a 35-year-old Malaysian man working in Singapore, who returned to the country under the PCA scheme on August 29.
Dr Adham said the asymptomatic man tested positive for Covid-19 on September 2 and was subsequently admitted to a state hospital and reported to be in a stable condition.
Digging deeper, Dr. Adham said that from August 17 to today, a total of 2,647 people were registered under PCA and 815 people under RGL entering the country from Singapore.
The PCA and RGL schemes are implemented to address the needs of different groups of cross-border travelers in both countries.
Meanwhile, commenting on the Sungai Rengit Health Clinic, he said that it is the only health clinic in the country with 10 beds in the Emergency Unit to attend to any emergencies in the surroundings, especially in the Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development ( RAPID), Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) .-Named
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