About 400 AirAsia passengers have been advised to get tested for Covid-19 after six passengers on two flights tested positive.
Tawau area health officer Dr Suzalinna Sulaiman warned passengers who were on AirAsia flight AK5742 on May 1 and AK5740 on May 4 to undergo testing immediately.
Dr Suzalinna said all passengers were screened on arrival and placed in home quarantine as per the current protocol.
"However, after six of them were found positive recently, we want all passengers to undergo a second test," she said.
Four positive cases were discovered on the first flight and two on the second.
"The individuals onboard the two flights who tested positive were asymptomatic," the doctor told reporters.
It is thought the source of the infection came from a resident who arrived on a flight from Kuala Lumpur.
She urged all the passengers to comply with strict social distancing to protect family members.
