Samples from 22 people taken as cases rise to 18

Masked migrants: Passengers wearing face masks arriving from Tanjung Balai, Indonesia at the Kukup Ferrry Terminal in Johor.

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has taken samples from 22 individuals who had been in close contact with a Malaysian who is the 18th novel coronavirus positive case.

Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said three of them were the man’s mother, younger sibling and a cousin, while 19 others were medical staff who had tended to him.