A suspect facing attempt to murder charges and being treated for Covid-19 at Victoria Hospital used the disease as a tool to escape on Wednesday morning by threatening to infect officials who tried to catch him. As many as 18 policemen, his primary and secondary contacts, are already under quarantine. According to the staff, the incident occurred around 10.20 am at the Emergency and Trauma Care Centre, when the 30-year-old suspect was reportedly being taken for a routine X-ray.