Malaysia reports 14 new Covid-19 cases as virus spreads from district police HQ to prison

PUTRAJAYA - The Malaysian health authorities have detected seven Covid-19 cases at the Tawau prison in Sabah. Five of them had caught the virus from a district police headquarters 150km away before infecting two other inmates at the prison.

The Benteng LD cluster was identified after a screening on detainees at the Lahad Datu police headquarters on the same day. Six undocumented migrants - four from the Philippines and two from Indonesia - as well as a Malaysian, were among the Benteng LD cluster and all had been admitted to Lahad Datu Hospital.

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