Recovered Covid-19 patients risk getting re-infected if they defy ministry's advice
Friday, 27 Mar 2020
PUTRAJAYA
(Bernama): Patients who fully recovered from Covid-19 and allowed to be
discharged from hospitals can be infected by the virus again if they defy
advice issued by the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Health
director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said although the possibility of
them being infected again is very low, they are advised to maintain cleanliness
and self-hygiene to prevent getting the virus again.
"There
is the possibility of the patients to be re-infected, but before they are
discharged from the ward, we advise them to take preventive measures by
maintaining their self-hygiene and cleanliness to avoid being infected by the
virus again.
"If
those who have been discharged do not maintain their cleanliness and do not
take precautions, they can be re-infected, but the chances of them to be
re-infected is slim, ” he told a daily press conference here on Friday (March
27).
He advised patients who have recovered from Covid-19 to adopt a healthy
lifestyle and to always take precautionary measures as advised by MOH.
So
far, he said, there have been no cases of recurrence during the first and
second wave of the outbreak in the country.
On
the cause of the Covid-19 infection in Kampung Datuk Ibrahim Majid and Bandar
Baharu Datuk Ibrahim Majid in Simpang Renggam, Kluang, Johor, he said the
matter was being investigated.
"From
preliminary investigation, we have found that there may be four clusters
associated with the tabligh congregation.
"There
are four index cases who attended the tabligh assembly at the Sri Petaling
Mosque. Perhaps, they returned to the village to attend weddings and also
joined mosque congregation for prayers that the virus spread to villagers in
the area," he said.
On
the latest number of tabligh participants who were screened, he said MoH
screened 13,762 individuals with a total of 12,317 samples taken.
Of
the total samples screened, 1,137 were positive, 6,623 negative and 4,557 still
pending, he added. - Bernama
.
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