First Covid-19 patient jailed, fined for disobeying quarantine

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 13 Aug 2020 2:14PM · 3 Comments

The owner of a nasi kandar restaurant linked to the Sivagangga cluster is the first Covid-19 patient to be charged and convicted of flouting quarantine after he was sentenced to 5 months' jail and fined RM12,000. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Irwan Majid, August 13, 2020.

THE owner of the nasi kandar restaurant linked to the Sivagangga cluster has been jailed five months and fined RM12,000, Bernama reported.

He is the first Covid-19 patient to be charged and convicted after disobeying a quarantine order.

The Sivagangga cluster, which was first reported on July 28, originated in Napoh, Kubang Pasu, after an Indian national with permanent resident status in Malaysia disobeyed his home quarantine order after coming back from India.

Up to yesterday, 45 people were confirmed to have been infected after coming into contact with the index patient.

Up to August 11, 5,645 have been screened by the Health Ministry after coming into contact with the index patient or those who had frequented the restaurant.

Authorities’ efforts to trace those who had visited the outlet was also hampered as it did not keep proper records of those who had frequented it for a meal.

Last Thursday, director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham said that the virus from the Sivagangga cluster might be a super-spreader strain.

He said the cluster has a faster transmission rate compared with nine other clusters in other states. – August 13, 2020.

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Comments

  • The damage was already done. RM12k is nothing compared to the actual loss.

    Posted 5 years ago by Zarul MA · Reply

  • He should be held accountable if any of the infected dies.

    Posted 5 years ago by Elyse Gim · Reply

  • Jolly good. Serves him right.

    Posted 5 years ago by Mike Mok · Reply