{"id":3560,"date":"2021-06-08T18:23:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T10:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2021-06-08T18:31:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T10:31:21","slug":"ismail-sabri-98-kd-mahawangsa-crew-members-test-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/08\/ismail-sabri-98-kd-mahawangsa-crew-members-test-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Ismail Sabri: 98 KD Mahawangsa Crew Members Test Positive for Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Defence Ministry (Mindef) has confirmed that 98 crewmen of the Royal Malaysian Navy ship,&nbsp;<em>KD Mahawangsa<\/em>, tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the crew had taken the RTK Antigen test before boarding the ship but were confirmed positive for Covid-19 after a few days onboard the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;So far, they were not showing any symptoms, but we have isolated them and placed all of them under quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;InsyaAllah, after 10 days (of quarantine), they will take the PCR test, and if the results came back negative, then they will be allowed to disembark, \u201d he told a press conference after visiting the drive-through vaccination centre at the Sungai Besi military camp here Tuesday (June 8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3314475734161595\" data-ad-slot=\"7610079946\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Also present were Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba and Chief of Defence Force General Tan Sri Affendi Buang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ismail Sabri said the ministry had yet to ascertain how the crew of the ship were infected with the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As we know, Covid-19 is in the community. 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