Kedah health director Dr Othman Warijo said that based on investigations by the Langkawi district health office, the family of three – the child and parents – from Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, arrived in Langkawi at 7.30pm on Sept 24 via a flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (Klia2).

He said the child had a fever the next day and was sent for treatment on Sept 26 before being confirmed as Covid-19 positive.

“As of today, only one positive case has been reported among Langkawi’s tourists, and there are no infections among the family members and locals.

“The patient has mild symptoms and has been placed under the Langkawi District CAC’s (Covid-19 assessment centre) observation while the close contacts have shown no symptoms, and have all been fully vaccinated,” he said in a statement today.

Othman said they also found that apart from the parents, three locals from the resort island were also close contacts of the infected child.

“All five have undergone swab tests and been ordered to undergo quarantine for 10 days. The results of all the swab tests came back negative,” he said.

He added that there was a possibility the child may have been infected before travelling to Langkawi and further investigations, as well as close contact tracing, are ongoing.

“The RTK-Antigen saliva test carried out on the child’s parents at Klia2 prior to departing for Langkawi came back negative. The child also did not have any symptoms prior to the journey and during the health screening at Klia2,” he said.

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