Covid-19: Only five new cases Thursday (Aug 20) and all imported, says Health DG

"The five involved two Malaysians and three foreigners. The cases were from Japan and Bangladesh ," he said.Dr Noor Hisham said a new cluster , which was isolated, had been identified on a vessel at Bintulu, Sarawak.

"The vessel had been to Japan. They are receiving medical treatment at the Bintulu Hospital. This cluster does not pose a threat of spreading to the community because it is an isolated import cluster on a ship," he said adding that active case detection and contact screenings were being conducted. Cumulatively, the country has had a total of 9,240 infections since the outbreak began earlier this year.

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