KLANG: Seventeen residents of a home for the needy in Pandamaran near here have tested positive for Covid-19.
Also positive are two staff members working at the Grace Home for the Destitute as well as a volunteer.
When contacted, the home’s chairman Desmond Teo said five of the infected residents were moved to the Cheras Hospital on Tuesday (April 27) night.
“The remaining 12 residents as well as one staff member and the volunteer were moved to the Sungai Buloh Hospital on Wednesday (April 28) morning, ’’ he said, adding that the driver had been sent to the Serdang Hospital.
All residents who tested positive are aged between 42 and 87.