Greetings!

Thank you for your enquiry. Based on your complaint, I understand you are worried about the likelihood of your son having COVID-19. The risk of your son having the virus is rather low if your sister did not develop any symptoms at all given she was the one returning from Japan. The COVID-19 test are only done for those with moderate and high risk. However, for a better risk assessment, you may answer the quiz on Risk Assessment for COVID-19 to evaluate your son’s health status in regards to this disease.

After completing this quiz, he with be classified into several categories as follows:

• Low risk: He has to perform self-quarantine at home for at least 14 days. You also have to monitor his health such as taking his temperature and look out for development of any COVID-19 symptoms like coughing, fever and shortness of breath.

• Moderate risk : You have to take your son to the nearest healthcare facility to obtain further confirmation.

• High risk : You have to take your son to your nearest healthcare facility immediately. If he is confirmed with COVID-19, he will be referred to a specific hospital and receive further treatment there. He will also be quarantined at the healthcare facility for surveillance.

Otherwise, there are definitely other causes of fever like other bacterial and viral infection that resolves with home treatment. The common cold is an example.

Thank you for your question.