Covid-19: Two new clusters in Malaysia, one from ship in Selangor, another in Kedah hospital | Malay Mail

Sunday, 30 Aug 2020 06:00 PM MYTHealth director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today announced the emergence of two new Covid-19 clusters in Selangor and Kedah respectively. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Dubbed the MV Glen cluster in Selangor, Dr Noor Hisham said the index case — a non-Malaysian ship crew — tested positive for Covid-19 on August 25 and was subsequently admitted to Hospital Sungai Buloh for treatment. He added that the ship has been disinfected while the source of infection for the MV Glen cluster is under investigation.

The index patient was asymptomatic. The other infections involved close contacts of the index case who was previously admitted to the hospital for treatment on August 24.

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