Covid-19 exposure: Sabah Times suspends ops

8 Oct 2020 • 11:19 AM MYT
Daily Express
Daily Express

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Kota Kinabalu: Local-based New Sabah Times is stopping operations temporarily during this Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) period, beginning Wednesday till Oct 20, after two of its staff were exposed to Covid-19 through close contacts in late September.   

Its Acting Managing Director Felix Gusti, in a letter, stated that the management decided to comply because of possible exposure to the virus by some of its staff. 

He said they were informed that two staff have since been diagnosed as Covid-19 positive.

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Both the staff involved have been asked to self-quarantine for 14 days pending confirmation of results.    

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