Malaysian PM to observe 14-day quarantine after meeting with official tested COVID-19 positive

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will observe a 14-day home quarantine after an official who attended a recent meeting he chaired tested positive for COVID-19, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Friday.

Muhyiddin himself has been tested and the result went back negative for COVID-19, according to the statement.

All other officials who attended the meeting are instructed to be tested and to observe home quarantine for a period of 14 days, it said.