‘Isolation time depends on symptoms’


PETALING JAYA: The quarantine period for a healthy individual remains at 14 days, but those tested positive for Covid-19 can be discharged on the 10th day from the onset of symptoms, say health experts.

Universiti Malaya public health medicine specialist Dr Victor Hoe said the quarantine of a healthy person and a patient tested positive being discharged from hospital were two different scenarios.

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