PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has recorded five new Covid-19 clusters which were detected in Selangor, Johor, Melaka and Sabah.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in his daily Covid-19 updates said three of the clusters are workplace outbreaks.
The Tapak Bina Jalan Kenangan cluster in Klang, Selangor involves workers of a construction site in Meru.
“The positive cases were found from a targeted screening exercise conducted at the construction site. A total of 121 individuals were screened and 31 positive cases were found,” said Dr Noor Hisham.
The Teknologi Tenggara cluster in Johor involves workers of a factory in Jalan Kluang, Batu Pahat.
PETALING JAYA: Four new Covid-19 clusters were recorded on Monday (March 8), says the Health Ministry.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said three of the four clusters were linked to the workplace while another was from the community.
Johor recorded two new clusters - Cyber 72 cluster and Jalan i-Park Tiga cluster - while Kuala Lumpur recorded one new cluster, the Jalan Loke Yew cluster.
All three are workplace clusters.
Terengganu recorded one new cluster, known as the Bukit Bayas cluster, which is a community cluster.
The Cyber 72 cluster was detected in Kulai, Johor, where the index case was found to be positive for Covid-19 on March 4 after a symptomatic individual screening.
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PUTRAJAYA: Seven new Covid-19 clusters were detected on Monday (March 1), one of which involved an aged care home in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement that five clusters were linked to workplace infections, while one was a community transmission and another cluster was found among a high-risk group.
The Jalan Cempedak cluster involved the Kepong district and was detected at an aged care home in Jalan Cempedak, Sentul.
To date, 30 individuals had been screened and 10 cases were found positive.
The Bukit Marak cluster was linked to community transmission and involved the Kota Baru and Bachok districts in Kelantan.