Health Ministry: 105 new Covid-19 cases from 1 Utama cluster, index case identified as security guard | Malay Mail

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Health Ministry: 105 new Covid-19 cases from 1 Utama cluster, index case identified as security guard

A general view of the 1 Utama shopping centre in Petaling Jaya October 11, 2020. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri

“These cases involved 107 non-Malaysian citizens and 25 Malaysians,” Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in his daily press briefing. “The index case for this cluster ― case 15,023 ― is a 28-year-old male citizen of Nepal who is a security personnel in one of the shopping malls in the Petaling district,” he said.

In a statement this morning, 1 Utama said the 44 reportedly infected security guards were not part of the mass testing conducted by health authorities and the management after the centre was closed following the detection of Covid-19 cases there.

 

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