Thank you for your question.

According to the Ministry of Health, close contact refers to either:

• Healthcare-associated exposure, including providing direct care for 2019-nCoV patients, working with health care workers infected with 2019-nCoV, visiting patients or staying in the same close environment of a 2019nCoV patient.
• Working together in close proximity or sharing the same classroom environment with a with 2019-nCoV patient
• Traveling together with 2019-nCoV patient in any kind of conveyance
• Living in the same household as a 2019-nCoV patient

According to the current SOP, once you are considered a close contact to a positive coronavirus patient, you are required to do COVID-19 screening (twice) according to the directive from the KKM personnel.

If the father stays and lives in the same place as your niece, he is considered a close contact and needs to get a swab test and self-quarantine.

I would also encourage you to contact the Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) and answer this quiz on Risk Assessment for COVID-19 to evaluate their health status in regards to this disease. Other than that, do practice good hand hygiene and normalize wearing face mask in public.

Meanwhile, try to maintain physical and social distance between close friends and family members. You may also click on this link to directly request a COVID-19 screening test.

CPRC contact:
0388810200
+60178429454
[email protected]

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