10 Apr 2021 / 21:59 H.
KUALA
TERENGGANU: The district of Besut turned into a red zone today after recording an increase of 24 Covid-19 positive cases for the Belaoh Cluster, bringing the total number of cases in the cluster to 49.
State Health Department director, Dr Nor Azimi Yunus in a Facebook post said the cluster which started in Kampung Bela Oh in Besut, was triggered by the residents’ fondness of meeting up for tea or coffee (ngeteh) in coffee shops after prayers at the mosques and surau, and disregarding the set standard operation procedure (SOP).
“The district of Besut has turned into a red zone in the blink of an eye. Imagine if we don’t implement the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) in the area.
Ngeteh routine turns Besut into red zone
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The district of Besut turned into a red zone today after recording an increase of 24 Covid-19 positive cases for the Belaoh Cluster, bringing the total number of cases in the cluster to 49.
State Health Department director, Dr Nor Azimi Yunus in a Facebook post said the cluster which started in Kampung Bela Oh in Besut, was triggered by the residents’ fondness of meeting up for tea or coffee (ngeteh) in coffee shops after prayers at the mosques and surau, and disregarding the set standard operation procedure (SOP).
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07 Mar 2021 / 07:10 H.
KUALA TERENGGANU, March 6: The decision of a family to hold a tahlil event with quite a large number of attendees without complying with the standard operating procedures (SOP) were among the causes of the increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases in Terengganu today.
State Health director Nor Azimi Yunus said the cases involved several families from Johor, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Penang who returned to Terengganu for a grandfather’s funeral.
“Usually, a funeral will be followed by a tahlil event. Forty-five family members attended the event and 15 of them were tested positive for COVID-19.
“There were symptomatic individuals among the family members, hence the huge number of infection. Those individuals should not have made that inter-state travel or should have complied with the SOP to avoid infection,” he said in a posting on his Facebook page today.
15 infected with Covid-19 after symptomatic relatives attend tahlil
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A family grieving over the death of a grandfather had more misfortune befall them when 15 of them were infected with Covid-19.
According to Terengganu health director Nor Azimi Yunus, the case involved relatives from Johor, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Penang who returned to Terengganu after the grandfather passed away.
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