Published on: Thursday, December 17, 2020
By: Bernama
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A health personnel carrying out swab test on one of the occupants of Pasar Sentral in Labuan.
LABUAN: Fishmongers, other vendors and workers at the busy Pasar Sentral Urban Transformation Centre (UTC), here, on Wednesday began taking the Covid-19 test as required by the authorities after a disease cluster was detected there last week.
The wet and dry market of the UTC has remained closed since Dec 10 following detection of the Hujung Pasir Cluster involving vegetable vendors, fishmongers and visitors, with 18 cases recorded so far.
At least 178 fishmongers, other vendors and food service providers at the wet and dry market on the ground floor and food centre on the second floor of the three-storey building made a beeline for the test as early as 9am.