10% of Tmn Nagasari residents test positive

Keeping a close watch: An army personnel standing guard as residents from the apartment blocks queue to undergo Covid-19 screening in Taman Nagasari, Bukit Mertajam. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
BUKIT MERTAJAM: One in every 10 residents has tested positive for Covid-19 so far in Taman Nagasari, which is under the enhanced movement control order.
Out of 2,722 residents there, 273 have so far tested positive as at 10.45am yesterday.
Over 90% of the population in this neighbourhood are foreigners, working in the nearby factories.
Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Shafee Samad said two Covid-19 deaths had been recorded there so far, a 46-year-old local and a 35-year-old Filipino.

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