No more Covid-19 spikes expected as depot screenings almost completed

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Depot screenings almost done, Health DG says not expecting another Covid-19 spike

| The number of positive Covid-19 cases in the country is not expected to see another spike after Thursday's record high of 277 new infections, according to Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

"We are nearly done with the second screening conducted in Bukit Jalil with the positive cases isolated and admitted to hospital for treatment.recorded two days ago," he said at the ministry's daily Covid-19 update press conference in Putrajaya. The screenings found 736 positive cases and all but one involved undocumented migrant workers in detention.He also reiterated that the ministry will continue to monitor public adherence to existing standard operating procedures, particularly among migrants, towards preparation for an overall exit strategy from the conditional movement control order .

Following this, Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced plans to deport detained migrants who have been tested negative for the coronavirus with thePrime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin had recently ordered for the deportation of undocumented migrants to beas part of Malaysia's mitigation against the risk of Covid-19 infection at immigration depots.

 

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