A TOTAL of 532 individuals failed to take their second Covid-19 test after completing home quarating have been tracked down, said Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador.

They include 303 from Selangor, Kuala Lumpur (156), Johor (62), Sabah (three), two each in Pahang and Kedah, and one each in Negri Sembilan, Malacca, Kelantan and Sarawak.

He said police received a list of 577 individuals who failed to take the second Covid-19 test from the Centre of Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) of the Health Ministry last Friday.

“As such, CID launched an exercise to trace the absentees nationwide. 

“Of the total, 532 were detected, which is 92%, while 45 individuals are still being traced,” he told Bernama at Bukit Aman.

Hamid said all 532 individuals had since taken their second Covid-19 test at nearby health clinics.

He said 392 of them were traced by phone while 140 were contacted through their home address.

“Police are advising those who have yet to go for their second screening to do so at the nearest health clinic immediately,” he said.

Hamid said those who continue to defy the order will face stern actions under Act 342 and other regulations in effect.

On July 1, Bernama reported senior minister (security) Ismail Sabri Yaacob as saying that 1,472 individuals who had undergone home quarantine had yet to go for their second test on the 13th day. – Bernama, July 11, 2020.