Schools that have identified at least two Covid-19 positive individuals within an internal transmission must close for seven days, with immediate effect, said Sabah’s Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun.
He said this was decided by the State Covid-19 Disaster Management Committee and it must be verified by the State Health Department that the positive cases involve students, teachers and staff of the school.
“Only students facing major examinations are allowed to return to the hostel to continue their learning sessions on Feb 7,” said Masidi in a statement, Friday.
Sabah’s caseload nearly hit four digits as cases doubled from 476 on Thursday to 909 on Friday, while another four education clusters were recorded which saw 135 infections cumulatively.
Masidi said the four clusters were the Sungai Batang Batu Sepuluh Cluster in Sandakan, Jalan Tandek Cluster and Jalan Taman Beringin Cluster in Kota Marudu and Jalan Pendidikan R