7:57 PM MYT
KOTA KINABALU: The high number of Covid-19 cases recorded in Sabah at 526 on Tuesday (Jan 19) is attributed to mass screenings by the Social Security Organisation (Socso) at plantation mills, especially in the east coast.
“Today, no new clusters were reported, state Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said in the daily updates of the Covid-19 situation in Sabah on Tuesday (Jan 19).
“But the increase in new positive cases is due to mass screenings actively conducted by Socso at present at (plantation) mills, in particular those in Sabah’s east coast, he added in his statement.
The plantations are Ladang Baturong in Kunak (73 cases), Ladang GNG in Kinabatangan (15) as well as Ladang Matamba (20) and Ladang dan Kilang Segamaha (43), both in Lahad Datu.
KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Estate Owners’ Association (MEOA) has supported the Sabah government’s directive for all plantation companies to screen their workers for Covid-19 after two new clusters involving estates were detected on Friday (Jan 15).
Its president Peter Benjamin said it is also the estate owners’ social responsibility to abide by the policy for the sake of the health of all their employees.
“We should not look at this as a burden and we need to support the government in overcoming this pandemic.
“Healthy employees will also help to keep the operations (in the plantation industry) going, especially since this is an essential service,” he said on Saturday (Jan 16).
State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun (pic) hopes all estate companies in Sabah will ensure their workers undergo Covid-19 screening regardless of whether they are covered by the Social Security Organisation (Socso).
His appeal came in the wake of an increase in the number of positive Covid-19 cases in Sabah Friday with 514, majority of which are attributed to mass health screening carried out in estates.
“More positive cases are expected in the next couple of days as Socso and the Sabah Health Department continue to conduct screening in estates,” said Sabah’s official Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun in an online Covid-19 update, Friday.
“The discovery of new clusters in two estates amplifies the need by estate companies to do compulsory screening on all their staff and workers,” he said, adding Sabah registered two new clusters - Ladang Matamba cluster (Lahad Datu) and Ladang Baturong
15 Jan 2021 / 18:51 H.
PETALING JAYA: A total number of 3,211 new Covid-19 cases were recorded by the Health Ministry today, bringing the total number of active cases to 35,253.
The national tally now stands at 151,066.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the majority of today’s cases stemmed from local transmissions (3,206 cases) while five were imported.
Selangor had the most number of cases today with 889 where 127 individuals were detected in the new Jalan Telok Gong and Lintaran Lintang clusters with an imported case while Johor recorded 535 cases with 80 from the new Persiaran Selatan, Jalan Kluang and Kampung Perani cluster.
Sabah recorded a total of 514 cases with 48 individuals hailing from the new Ladang Baturong and Ladang Matamba cluster while Kuala Lumpur recorded a total of 401 cases today with 130 cases from the new Tapak Bina Damai cluster.
Published on: Friday, January 15, 2021
By: FMT
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PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has reported 3,211 Covid-19 cases and eight deaths in the past 24 hours.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 1,939 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 115,227.
In a statement Noor Hisham said the total number of infections now stands at 151,066.
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There are 35,253 active cases with 204 patients receiving intensive care, of which 87 require respiratory assistance.
Meanwhile, the eight deaths raises the toll to 586.
Of the new cases today, only five were imported while 3,206 were local infections.
The eight fatalities involved seven Malaysians and one foreigner, with four deaths reported in Selangor, two in Sabah and one each in Johor and Kedah.