KUALA TERENGGANU – Social events held discreetly are among the factors for the sharp increase in Covid-19 cases in Terengganu yesterday.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar said the increase was also contributed by recent Aidiladha activities that failed to comply with the standard operating procedures (SOPs).
“This includes unpermitted interstate and inter-district travel during the celebration,” he said in a video uploaded on his Facebook account.
Terengganu recorded a sharp increase in new daily Covid-19 cases yesterday with 883 infections, including 860 cases of local transmission. It is the highest number since the pandemic hit.
Samsuri said the spike is also due to targeted screenings and tests done on close contacts in several localities and districts.
“There has also been an influx of migrant workers from outside Terengganu who are not screened and who have triggered clusters among them," he said.
As such, he added, the authorities will ramp up screenings in identified high-risk localities.
“Due to the increase in screenings, we expect an increase in cases in the next two weeks.
“Terengganu will also request for more vaccine supply in order to accelerate vaccinations in critical areas, especially in Kemaman and Dungun,” he said, while also urging the public to strictly adhere to all SOPs. – Bernama, August 1, 2021
