WUHAN VIRUS
JOHOR BAHRU: Two Chinese nationals who took their
toddler, suspected to have been infected with the 2019 Novel Coronavirus
(2019-nCoV) out of a public hospital here to avoid quarantine, were detained at
the Senai International Airport, near Kulai last night.
Johor police chief
Datuk Kamarudin Md Din said they were detained at about 9.20 pm, while they
were about to board a flight to China.
He said the trio
was later referred to the hospital for further examination.
“Further
information regarding them will be given by the Johor State Health
Department,” he said when contacted today.
Yesterday, a copy
of the police report filed by a doctor from a public hospital here about the
Chinese nationals who dodged quarantine on their two-year-old child went viral
on social media.
Based on the police
report, the toddler who had influenza-like symptoms which were fever and cough,
was advised to be put under quarantine at the hospital.
Johor Bahru Selatan
Deputy police chief Supt Mohd Afzanizam Yahaya when contacted confirmed
receiving the report at 4.20 pm yesterday.
So far, four
confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV have been detected in the country. –
Bernama
