PETALING JAYA: Seven new Covid-19 clusters were reported on Friday (April 16), three of which are linked to workplaces.
Two other clusters were linked to detention centres, and one each to a community and an education centre, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.
The Jalan Sultan Iskandar cluster in Bintulu, Sarawak, is linked to a public institution where 27 cases have been detected out of 440 individuals tested.
The Jalan Balakong cluster in Hulu Langat, Selangor, with 19 cases was detected after screening of workers at a construction site, while the Jalan Kia Peng cluster in Kuala Lumpur involved an entertainment centre where eight people tested positive.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases jumped to 2,551, from 2,148 yesterday, with Sarawak once again accounting for the most cases at 960.
Selangor came next with 590 cases followed by Kuala Lumpur (245) and Kelantan (164), Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham said in a statement.
He said the latest cases raised the number of confirmed infections in the country to 370,528.
Two Covid-19-related deaths were reported in the 24 hours up to noon today, both in Selangor. This brings the country s pandemic death toll to 1,365.
Dr Noor Hisham said all but 29 of the new infections were locally transmitted, involving 10 Malaysians and 19 foreigners. A total of 1,524 recoveries were reported today, raising total recoveries to 350,563, or 94.6% of all cases. The number of active cases which carry transmission risks stood at 18,600. Of this, 227 patients are in intensive care units, with 91 requiring respiratory help. Dr noor Hisham also reported seven new i
KUCHING: Another 295 trainees at the police training centre (Pulapol) in Jalan Puncak Borneo here have tested positive for Covid-19, says Sarawak police commissioner Comm Datuk Aidi Ismail.
He said to date, 415 trainees at the centre have been infected, along with 20 members of the teaching staff and their families.
As such, Comm Aidi said it was necessary for the enhanced movement control order to be enforced at the centre from Friday (April 16) until April 29. I hope that with the enhanced MCO, we can curb further spread and bring the numbers down. We want to end the outbreak here as soon as possible, said Comm Aidi after accompanying Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah on a visit to the enhanced MCO operations room at the centre on Friday (April 16).
Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah. - Filepic/The Star
KUCHING: Sarawak will enforce tighter restrictions on inter-zone movement from Monday (April 19) in view of the current spike in Covid-19 cases in the state, says Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
The Deputy Chief Minister said police had been instructed to issue inter-zone travel permits only to those listed in the approved essential services categories.
He said the approved categories were public transport, transport of food and daily necessities, and emergency services. Previously, the definition of essential services was very wide and confusing. Now we have come up with a clearer definition, he said at the state disaster management committee s briefing here on Friday (April 16).
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