Two Blantyre District Health Office (DHO) workers who recently tested positive to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) are refusing institutional quarantine.

Senior Medical Officer for Blantyre DHO, Dr. Atusaye Mughogho told the press on Wednesday that the two have young children that cannot stay with a caretaker only for two weeks.

Mughogho, therefore, said the DHO was still negotiating with the health workers so that they are isolated until another test is done and is proven negative.

"In this case, much as we want to take care of the masses out there, we also need to consider the bond that is there between the workers and their families," said Mughogho.

Since the pandemic came into existence, the district has screened 792 people of which 391 are health workers and seven of them tested positive.