New inmates isolated longer


PETALING JAYA: New prison inmates and those under remand would be screened for Covid-19 and kept in isolation for 15 days to control the sudden surge of cases in prisons.

Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that even after testing negative on Day 13, the new prisoners would be kept isolated for another five days after the end of the 15-day quarantine.

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