Hisham under quarantine, unable to join Asean-China foreign ministers' meeting


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 06 Jun 2021

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein is unable to attend the Special Asean-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Chongqing, China, on Monday (June 7) or to make working visits to Egypt, Kuwait and Qatar as he is undergoing quarantine due to close contact with a Covid-19 patient.

In a statement on Sunday (June 6), the Foreign Ministry said the Health Ministry (MOH) had deemed Hishammuddin as a close contact of a person with Covid-19.

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