Covid-19: Penang CM in home quarantine after bodyguard tests positive


GEORGE TOWN: Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has been ordered to quarantine himself at home after one of his bodyguards tested positive for Covid-19.

He said the order came from the state health department starting from Sunday (July 25).

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