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Three new Covid-19 clusters detected today
January 1, 2021
Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah
KUALA LUMPUR – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has detected three more new COVID-19 clusters in Penang, Johor, Pahang and Selangor today, and two of them are workplace clusters.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the two new workplace clusters were the Rawa Akasia Cluster involving the districts of Timur Laut, Barat Daya, Seberang Perai Tengah and Seberang Perai Selatan in Penang as well as the Jalan Perindustrian Cluster in Kulai, Johor.
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“The index case for the Rawa Akasia Cluster, which is case number 100,149, was reported positive on Dec 24 through symptomatic individual screening with a total of 322 individuals screened, and 117 cases were COVID-19 positive.
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Friday, 01 Jan 2021 06:52 PM MYT
BY R. LOHESWAR
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya on December 9, 2020. Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 Covid-19 infections continued to stay high on the first day of the new year, lifting Malaysia’s overall cases to 115,078 since the pandemic began last year.
Today’s daily new cases reached 2,068, with Selangor maintaining pole position with 776 cases, a slight dip compared to 1,205 yesterday.
Over half of the state’s new cases today, or 425 came from existing clusters and regular screenings, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement.
KUALA LUMPUR: As the 2020 pandemic year of misery and uncertainty bows out, many Malaysians are hopeful 2021 will be a much better year. Their optimis.