Kedah health exco tests positive for Covid-19

 

Kedah health committee chairperson Dr Mohd Hayati Othman has contracted Covid-19.

Hayati said he started showing symptoms of the infection such as fever and coughing last Sunday and decided to undergo self-quarantine before undergoing a Covid-19 screening test yesterday.

He received a call from the health authority this morning, informing him that he was found to be positive for the viral infection.

"As I have been having some symptoms, I did not go out anywhere since Sunday but attended to all matters online,” Hayati (above) said in Alor Setar today.

The exco member revealed that he was now in Category 2 of the infection and has a slight fever and cough. He is undergoing quarantine at home.

A day before the symptoms emerged, he said he had participated in an aid distribution mission to areas affected by the massive flooding in Yan due to the water rush from Gunung Jerai last Saturday.

“I’m not sure where I got infected but a day after returning from Yan, I started coughing and having a slight fever,” he said, adding that his condition was stable and he continues to monitor it, especially his oxygen level which was now at 96 or 97 percent.

Hayati added that he will be going to the Covid-19 Assessment Centre for further evaluation. 

- Bernama