PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): A total of 115 foreigners at the Sepang Immigration detention depot are awaiting the results of their second Covid-19 screening test before their deportation.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the second screening test was among the required conditions prior to their release.
"We are in the process of sending the detainees home, but before that, we have to screen them. This is what we are doing, the second screening,” he said during his briefing on Covid-19 here on Friday (July 10).
A total of 1,477 individuals were screened for Covid-19 at the Sepang Immigration Detention Depot, of whom 62 positive cases had been identified.
Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham said two positive cases were reported at the Bukit Jalil Immigration detention depot on Friday.
"The positive cases have been isolated for two weeks of treatment and those exposed to the positive cases have also been quarantined," he said. - Bernama
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