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The fatalities were reported in Sibu, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 28. The 27th death was from case 2,963, a 53-year old local woman from the Pasai cluster, who was referred to Sibu Hospital on Wednesday (Jan 20) due to shortness of breath. She was under intubation at the hospital but died on the same day. The state disaster management committee said in its daily report that an rRT-PCR test was done on the woman on Thursday (Jan 21) that came back positive for Covid-19. ...

The Health director-general said five clusters had also been declared ended on Saturday (Jan 23). "The five clusters are the Jalan Rusa, Tower, Cassia Diamond, Bukit Punai and Estate Maju Clusters. "Currently the total number of active clusters nationwide is 341, with 84 of them recording more positive cases today," he said in a statement on Saturday. He said of the 11 new clusters, eight were connected to workplaces while the four others were community, religious and detention centre clusters....

Mecklenburg County Public Health officials notified CMS that several already-reported COVID-19 cases they investigated at North Mecklenburg High, Butler High and Lake Wylie Elementary are classified as clusters.

PUTRAJAYA: After the emergence of several Covid-19 clusters caused by funerals, the Health Ministry has suggested that such gatherings be limited to a maximum of 20 people. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this is to prevent clusters such as the Pasai cluster in Sarawak and last year’s Tawar cluster in Kedah from happening again. “We realise that gatherings such as funerals or weddings have the potential to spread Covid-19 infection, if someone who is positive is...

‘They didn’t come in Covid positive, they picked up Covid while in the hospital,’ said Leo Varadkar.

8:16 PM MYT KOTA KINABALU: The two new clusters in Sabah on Thursday (Jan 21) involving the plantation industry at the State’s east coast have been identified. State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun (pic) said the first cluster called Ladang Sebrang in Lahad Datu has 21 cumulative cases. “The index case was traced through symptomatic screening on Jan 9 at Silabukan health clinic. Close contacts and workplace screenings found 20 positive cases at the palm oil proces...

PUTRAJAYA: A funeral and a flood relief activity were among the causes of 16 new Covid-19 clusters detected in the country, the Health Ministry revealed.

China’s rural Covid-19 clusters challenge country’s strategy to stop disease spreading Around 2,000 cases have been reported in the latest outbreaks, many linked to events such as weddings and funerals in the countryside The use of lockdown and mass testing has proved effective in cities, but may not work so well in rural areas

KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Estate Owners’ Association (MEOA) has supported the Sabah government’s directive for all plantation companies to screen their workers for Covid-19 after two new clusters involving estates were detected on Friday (Jan 15). Its president Peter Benjamin said it is also the estate owners’ social responsibility to abide by the policy for the sake of the health of all their employees. “We should not look at this as a burden and we need to support the government in...

PUTRAJAYA: A Covid-19 cluster linked to a supermarket in Selayang, Selangor has seen 84 infections since Jan 13. The Jalan Selayang cluster is one of the seven new clusters detected by the Health Ministry on Thursday (Jan 14). In a statement, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the supermarket involved is located at Jalan Selayang Baru. He said 511 workers of the supermarket had undergone a targeted Covid-19 screening exercise, and 84 have tested positive so far. Anothe...