All inmates at Alor Setar prison to be tested


Locked in: Prison management will now have to closely adhere to SOPs and inmates are to be tested after a prison worker died of the virus. — G.C. Tan/The Star

ALOR SETAR: All 1,800 inmates and staff members of Alor Setar prison are required to take the Covid-19 swab test after a prison worker died of the virus.

Kedah health committee chairman Datuk Dr Mohd Hayati Othman said more than 400 people had taken the tests over the past two days.

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