KUALA LUMPUR: Pengerang MP Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said has tested positive for Covid-19 following a routine Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test in Parliament.

       The former Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker, who received the result on Thursday (March 17), has asked those who came into contact with her over the past 48 hours to take a Covid-19 test.

       “I apologise for any inconvenience that arises following this development,” said Azalina in a statement released by her office on Thursday.

       Azalina was present in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday morning and had submitted a question on deaths of detainees at immigration detention depots in the past five years.

       Her question was answered by Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ismail Mohamed Said.