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Some families in Malaysia send kids with Covid-19 away for self-isolation Coronavirus Global situation
This raises issue of where they should be quarantined as more of the young get virus
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Patients at a Covid-19 Low Risk Quarantine and Treatment Centre in Malaysia's Kelantan state late last month. One major worry for the Malaysian authorities is the spike in Covid-19 infections among younger people. As at June 1, a total of 82,341 cases were recorded among the under-18s. PHOTO: BERNAMA
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An 18-year-old boy in Kuala Lumpur who tested positive for Covid-19 in January and was told to self-quarantine at home ended up spending his days recuperating in his parents' car.
Meanwhile, a 16-year-old boy who contracted the virus last month had to leave his KL house as his parents refused to let him quarantine in his room. They forced him to stay for two weeks at a government quarantine centre with thousands of others.
