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PUTRAJAYA: Three factory clusters in Selangor are among the contributors to the states slight increase in cases on Wednesday (March 17). Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said one of the outbreaks, named the Subang Dua cluster, had 153 confirmed cases since March 16. "The positive cases in this cluster were uncovered from a targeted screening exercise conducted on workers of a factory located at Jalan Subang 2 in Taman Perindustrian Subang. "So far, 602 individuals have be...

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah government has announced that hotels and accommodations with in-house restaurants in the State are now allowed to serve buffets. State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said the usual standard operating procedures (SOP) apply including the use of the MySejahtera or Sabah Trace apps, notebooks to record details of patrons and temperature scanning. All patrons must also wear face masks when getting food from the serving counter, and plastic gloves...

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KUCHING: Sarawak reported 183 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (March 16), as well as three deaths and three new clusters. The state disaster management committee said the latest fatalities were men aged 69,72 and 84 with comorbidities such as hypertension, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes. All three passed away at Sibu Hospital on March 15, bringing the states death toll to 94. Of the new clusters, two are community clusters and one is linked to a workplace. One o...

PUTRAJAYA: Covid-19 infections in Malaysia continue to show improvement, with 1,208 new cases recorded on Monday (March 15) being the lowest daily figure of 2021 so far.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) said 12 of the new clusters were linked to workplaces, while one is an outbreak related to a religious event in Kedah. The religious event outbreak is named the Jalan Sekerat cluster and the positive cases are individuals who attended a meeting in Sungai Petani. “The index case of this cluster first tested positive for the virus on March 7, after developing symptoms. “Some 52 individuals have been screened and now there are 17 p...

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has detected five Covid-19 outbreaks within communities in Sarawak and Selangor. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said they were among 10 new clusters classified by the ministry on Friday (March 12). One of them is the Jalan Kunci Air cluster, which has cases spread throughout the Gombak and Hulu Selangor districts. "The index case of this cluster developed symptoms before testing positive for Covid-19 on March 1. "A total of 205 individuals...

KUCHING: The conditional movement control order in Sarawak will be extended for a further two weeks from March 16 to 29, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said. He said at the state disaster management committee briefing here on Friday (March 12) that the decision was made because the number of positive cases in the state was still high. With 173 new cases reported on Friday, the states tally now stands at 12,051. In other Covid-19-related developments, Uggah said an outbreak...

KUALA LUMPUR: The police are only authorised to issue compounds to those who flout Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs), but the actual amount will be decided by the Health Ministry's district health officer (PKD).

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has recorded five new Covid-19 clusters which were detected in Selangor, Johor, Melaka and Sabah. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in his daily Covid-19 updates said three of the clusters are workplace outbreaks. The Tapak Bina Jalan Kenangan cluster in Klang, Selangor involves workers of a construction site in Meru. “The positive cases were found from a targeted screening exercise conducted at the construction site. A total of 121 individ...