Friday, 18 Dec 2020
PUTRAJAYA: Over a hundred Covid-19 cases were found linked to a Kuala Lumpur residential area, following a Health Ministry screening exercise at the locality.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the cases were classified as the Jalan Rusa cluster and is based in the Cheras district.
“The community screening exercise was conducted after one resident was found to be Covid-19 positive at the end of November.
“After 1,267 people were screened, a total of 129 positive cases have been confirmed under this cluster, ” said Dr Noor Hisham in a statement yesterday.
The Jalan Rusa cluster is one of the three new clusters announced by the ministry yesterday.