Health director-general Tan Sri Noor Hisham Abdullah says new Covid-19 cluster has been identified in Alam in Bintulu, Sarawak.— Picture by Choo Choy May
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 ― A new Covid-19 cluster has been identified in Alam in Bintulu, Sarawak, the Ministry of Health said today. The four positive cases identified were shipmates and they were found positive following screening activities that were done on five of the ship's crew that were symptomatic of the virus, Health director-general Tan Sri Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement today.
He added that two of the positive cases were Malaysians while the other two are foreigners, and their infections have been classified as import cases.
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