KUALA LUMPUR – The Health Ministry has identified three new Covid-19 clusters involving Negri Sembilan, Sabah and Johor, said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said the cluster in Seremban, Negri Sembilan, is known as the Ceram cluster, in which the index case was reported on November 30 as a result of a screening of symptomatic individuals.
“Further workplace screening found another 170 positive cases. As of December 6, 450 individuals have been screened with 171 cases confirmed positive from this cluster,” he said in a statement today.
Dr Noor Hisham said for the second cluster, known as the Pulau Berhala cluster, in Sandakan, Sabah, the index case was detected on November 20 as a result of community screening.
He said as of today, 208 individuals had been screened and 24 positive cases were detected in the cluster.
He said for the third cluster, the Jalan Tampoi cluster, in Johor Baru, Johor, the index case was detected on December 1 as a result of a screening of symptomatic individuals.
“As of today, 212 individuals have been screened and 17 tested positive.” – Bernama, December 6, 2020
