KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Health Department is investigating a video said to have captured Covid-19 patients drinking beer at a low-risk quarantine and treatment centre in the state capital.
The 12-second video has been making the rounds on social media since yesterday.
State health director Dr Christina Rundi said drinking was not allowed in any of the quarantine and low-risk treatment centres in Sabah.
“This case is under investigation,” she said in a short text reply when contacted.
In the video, a man can be seen holding a beer can while speaking to another person. There were other people, including two women, in the room although it is not clear whether they also had beer cans with them.
Towards the end of the clip, a man can be seen having two pails of beer under the bed.
Meanwhile, in another video that has also gone viral, occupants of a low-risk treatment centre in the interior Keningau district could be seen dancing to Poco-Poco, a popular Indonesian song.
The video is taken by one of the patients who can be heard saying they were just looking for something to entertain themselves while being in isolation.
“Friends out there, we are sharing the atmosphere in this treatment centre. We are from different places and we don’t know each other.
“But, obviously, we are trying to find some form of entertainment because we are too bored as we are away from our homes and villages,” he said.
The centre is a four-floor building with a big green lawn.
A group of women could be seen performing the line dancing, famously associated with Poco-Poco, while others just stood by their room doors, looking on as the song blared through the centre.
There are 2,868 active cases as of yesterday in Sabah, with 786 people being treated in hospitals and 2,082 placed at low-risk treatment centres statewide.