Suspected Covid-19 patient tries to flee hospital, ends up in need of rescue


Firemen bringing the suspect Covid-19 patient down after she attempted to escape from the hospital in Keningau.

KOTA KINABALU: A suspected Covid-19 patient in Keningau district tried escaping from the hospital there only to end up trapped outside a first-floor window.

Keningau Fire station chief Sharudy Delamin said the 24-year-old had been taken to the hospital on Saturday (Oct 2) after she was suspected of having contracted the virus.

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