Don’t drop your guard


PETALING JAYA: The recent negative Covid-19 test results of the Omicron index case and seven close contacts bring some cheer, but health experts are advising the public to continue to adhere to the standard operating procedure (SOP).

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah posted on Twitter yesterday that the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test conducted on the index case and seven others had come back negative.

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