KUCHING: Two Indonesians who fled after testing positive for Covid-19 yesterday were located by police last night, and conveyed to the Sarawak General Hospital here.
The duo, who are husband and wife, were discovered in a residential area near Jalan Matang Baru here, at about 11.15pm.
"Both of them were taken by the Health Ministry's personnel to the hospital for further action and treatment," Sarawak police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said this morning.
In a statement yesterday, the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the couple fled after undergoing a mandatory health screening as part of a work permit application in Sarawak.
They are believed to have escaped while the committee was conducting close contact tracing and investigating the source of their infection.