BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN– Brunei reported an imported COVID-19 case yesterday, bringing the national tally to 262.
According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, Case 262 is a 48-year-old woman, who arrived in the country from Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jun 27. She started experiencing symptoms of cough, headache and high fever on Jul 1.
Investigation and contact tracing confirmed 23 close contacts for this case.
The new case is being treated and monitored at the National Isolation Centre with eight other active cases, who are all in a stable condition.
With the detection of the case, a total of 121 imported cases have been confirmed, since the last local infection case on May 6, 2020. Brunei has recorded 423 days without local COVID-19 infections.
There have been a total of 250 recovered patients and three deaths reported, from COVID-19, so far, in the country.
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK