A Melaka state assemblyman, who visited Sabah, turned up for work after the Alor Gajah district health office allegedly told him wrongly that he was Covid-19 negative, when he had actually tested positive.
Unlike previous travel from certain red zones in the country, the heated Sabah state election likely posed far greater risk because it involved public rallies, home visits, and both inter-district travel throughout Sabah and inter-state travel during the campaign.
Their second RT-PCR test with positive results were taken upon arrival in Sarawak airports four and five days respectively after their first test in Sabah with negative results.