Wong Tiong Hook
KUCHING: A pupil of Chung Hua Primary School (CHPS) No.1 who recently visited China is under the 14-day self-quarantine in light of the current Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, said Board of Management for Kuching CHPS No.1 to 6 chairman Wong Tiong Hook.
According to him, a CHPS No.2 pupil who had recently been to Japan is also on a similar isolation exercise as a precaution.
“Of the six schools under the care of the board of management, only two schools are presently having a pupil each under self-quarantine.
“Before this, a couple of pupils of CHPS No.6 travelled to Taiwan, Japan, USA, Thailand and other countries during the festive break.
“These pupils did undergo self-quarantine and have returned to school in good health condition,” he said when met by reporters after attending a function held at CHPS No.2 here today.
Wong added that CHPS No.3, No.4 and No.5 were not affected since none of their pupils had travelled abroad recently.
“We comply with the directive of the government, that whoever has recently visited China must undergo self-quarantine to help contain the outbreak of the novel coronvarius,” he said.