SOME 250 lawyers from the Kuala Lumpur Bar committee are undergoing checks for Covid-19 after one of its members, who attended its annual general meeting last week, tested positive for the coronavirus.

Committee chairman Harleen Kaur told The Malaysian Insight the tests are being done as a precautionary measure after one member tested positive for the virus after its AGM on February 27.

“When it became known one of the members was infected, we started liaising with the Health Department for the proper protocols to implement and follow.

“So all the lawyers who attended the AGM will be called in for testing and that the lawyers will need to self-quarantine until March 12.”

The lawyers started going for tests on Saturday and will continue until later today.

The tests for the lawyers come as Malaysia announced yesterday that 99 people have so far tested positive for the virus, which broke out in Wuhan, China, late December.

Out of the 99 cases, 24 patients have recovered and discharged from hospitals.

There was an increase in the number of infections last week with six cases reported yesterday.

The virus has so far infected more than 110,000 people in more than 100 countries with more than 3,800 deaths. – March 9, 2020.