MOH explains home surveillance order, close contact definition

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today listed down the criteria used to classify an individual as a Covid-19 close contact, and who will get the home surveillance order (HSO) or otherwise.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that the HSO is only issued to individuals with mild symptoms of the virus but does not fulfil the criteria to be admitted into hospital as a patient under investigation (PUI)...