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Dr. Sim Kui Hian
KUCHING (Oct 29): Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Sim Kui Hian warned that the current wave of Covid-19 cases in the Kuching district has a very high infection rate due to cases have a very high burden of the virus.
He said that many recent positive cases began showing symptoms between the third and fifth day rather than the typical 10th day onward, as in the cases before the current outbreak.
“Laboratory studies have shown that the virus load is very high. However, it is the same virus. The higher virus load means it will spread faster and easier.
“So you see a lot of infected youngsters showing symptoms on the third to the fifth day rather than the tenth to the fourteenth day. We have detected 20 positive cases in the new Green Hill cluster.
“People had come on their own to private hospitals and clinics to do their own tests instead of waiting for our health officials to come to them,” he told reporters after joining Senior Deputy Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah on a visit. to the Covid-19 Enhance Movement. Control Order Operations Center (EMCO) in Kampung Haji Baki here this morning.
In that regard, Dr. Sim also recommended to those affected or who have been in red zones to have a second swab test for Covid-19 even after the first test returned negative results.
He said that the fact that the first test was negative does not mean that the person has not been infected, because the incubation period of the Covid-19 virus can last up to 14 days.
“The policy of the Sarawak government is different from that of Peninsular Malaysia. We always insist that you have your second swab test on the 10th day, even if your first test is negative.
“You can develop positive symptoms from day 10 to day 14,” Dr. Sim said.
Dr. Sim also revealed that no repeat or relapsing patients have been detected among the cases in the current outbreak.
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