Brunei opens new isolation centre to fight Covid-19, no news cases reported


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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei officially opened a newly built National Isolation Centre on Saturday (April 25), aiming to better control the spread of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in the country.

Built up in less than one month, the new National Isolation Centre in Tutong district may also be used to treat patients in the future if the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (RIPAS) Hospital, the country's biggest hospital is crowded, Haji Mohammad Isham, Brunei's minister of health said.

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