Barber who gave house-to-house haircuts during MCO contracts Covid-19

A barber who tested positive for Covid-19 was found to have given haircuts at client’s homes during the movement control order (MCO) despite a ban on the service.

The barber has since been hospitalised while 40 of his close contacts have been screened and instructed to undergo home quarantine.

Health Ministry Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah announced today that the patient was a...