Selangor Journal
Healthcare workers administering the Covid-19 screening to residents of Mukim 13, Penang, on November 12, 2020. — Picture by BERNAMA

Suspected Covid-19 patient escapes from Penang Hospital

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 16 — Police are tracking down a man believed to be a Covid-19 patient who escaped from Penang Hospital yesterday.

A police source said the 23-year-old man who was receiving treatment at the hospital was found missing from his ward at 3.20pm.

“The man wearing a white outfit had left behind a pink wristband on his bed,” the source told Bernama.

Penang police chief Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan, when contacted by Bernama, confirmed receiving a report on the incident adding that police are actively searching for him.

— Bernama

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