THE deputy environment and water minister has tested positive for Covid-19 and is admitted at Sg Buloh Hospital.

Sources said Senator Dr Ahmad Masrizal Muhammad was admitted on Thursday evening and is said to be in stable condition.

“Yes, he is positive. He is stable, placed in an isolation ward. Not in the ICU,” a Health Ministry source said.

It is learnt that the Umno leader was infected after returning from Sabah last week.

Sabah has been recording high positive Covid-19 cases over the past few weeks. 

A senior medical practitioner at Sg Buloh Hospital confirmed that Masrizal was being treated there without further details.

On September 23, deputy Umno Youth chief Shahril Hamdan tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from campaigning in the Sabah elections.

Another Umno leader, Mohd Razlan Rafii also tested positive in Sabah.

The Umno Supreme Council member was admitted to Kota Kinabalu hospital.

The party has postponed all divisional meetings and assemblies for the Wanita, Youth and Puteri wings because of the spike in Covid-19 cases.

A total of six ministers are under self-quarantine after returning from Sabah, which ended its elections last Saturday. – October 3, 2020.