TWO COVID HOSPITAL PATIENTS ESCAPE A HOAX

PORT DICKSON: News on two positive COVID-19 patients running away from Port Dickson Hospital, which went viral on the social media since yesterday, is not true, said Port Dickson district police chief Supt Aidi Sham Mohamed. Instead, he said, the two men, aged 40 and 44, went to the hospital for health screening after they […]

Health Dept denies Bandar Seri Alam Covid-19 case

JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor State Health Department (JKNJ) yesterday denied claims of a Covid-19 infection case in Bandar Seri Alam, here as viraled on Facebook. JKNJ director Dr Aman Rabu in a statement uploaded on JKNJ official Facebook said a statement alleging that a contact of a Covid-19 patient has been ordered to be on […]

Court orders mental check for man

JOHOR BAHRU: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday ordered a man seen stepping on the al-Quran in a viral video recently to be sent to Permai Hospital here for a mental health assessment. The order under Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code was issued against Mohd Zulkifli Ali, 33, by Magistrate Nurasidah A Rahman. The […]

State health dept denies viral post

COVID-19 WATCH KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department has denied a posting circulating on social media that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) is here in the state. The allegation that went viral on a messaging app posted by an individual, claimed that there had been two positive cases, and that three were under close surveillance. Department director […]