{"id":3979,"date":"2020-05-22T23:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3979"},"modified":"2020-05-23T13:06:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T05:06:24","slug":"covid-19-pm-tests-negative-now-undergoing-14-day-home-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3979","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: PM tests negative, now undergoing 14-day home quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 mt-4 px-sm-0 px-md-5 px-lg-15 text-dark text-justify\">\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 &#8211; Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has tested negative for COVID-19 but needs to undergo a 14-day home quarantine, after an officer who attended a post-Cabinet meeting chaired by the prime minister on Wednesday was diagnosed with\u00a0COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO), in a statement today, said all administration\u00a0members of the PMO had been ordered to undergo screening and home quarantine for 14 days beginning today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3980\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/muhyiddin.jpg\" alt=\"negative\" width=\"1110\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/muhyiddin.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/muhyiddin-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/muhyiddin-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/muhyiddin-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/muhyiddin-160x100.jpg 160w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/muhyiddin-350x219.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/muhyiddin-800x500.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prime minister took the COVID-19 test this morning and was confirmed to be negative.\u00a0However, according to the Order for Control and Monitoring of COVID-19 Contacts\u00a0(Section\u00a015(1) Act 342), the prime minister needs to undergo a 14-day quarantine at home beginning this afternoon,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 mt-4 px-sm-0 px-md-5 px-lg-15 text-dark text-justify\">\n<p>The statement said all meetings held at the PMO observed strict social distancing and health care regulations at all times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 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