COVID-19: 143 tahfiz students, five teachers quarantined in Perak

A total of 143 students and five teachers from a maahad tahfiz (religious school) here have been placed at the quarantine centre at the Health Ministry’s Sultan Azlan Shah Training Institute in Tanjung Rambutan here since Monday.

The Perak Health Department in a statement today said they had been in close contact with a positive COVID-19 case from the tabligh cluster who was diagnosed on Monday.

“All students and teachers are undergoing a 14-day isolation process at the quarantine station.

“They are in good health and are not positive COVID-19 cases,” the department said in its official Facebook page.

Since yesterday, there had been viral reports and pictures of students allegedly from a maahad tahfiz in Perak Tengah district taken to hospital after they were allegedly linked to a COVID-19 positive case.

In a separate development, the Perak Health Department has provided drive-thru pharmaceutical services at several hospitals, namely the Hospital Bahagia in Ulu Kinta, Batu Gajah Hospital, Changkat Melintang Hospital, Gerik Hospital, Kuala Kangsar Hospital, Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB) and the Women, Children and Cardiology Complex next to HRPB.

The service is also available at Selama Hospital, Seri Manjung Hospital, Slim River Hospital, Sungai Siput Hospital, Taiping Hospital, Teluk Intan Hospital, Bagan Serai Health Clinic (KK), Greentown Ipoh KK, Taiping KK and Tanjung Tualang KK.

“This service will help patients to obtain their medication supplies easier and quicker while practising safe social distancing,” he said.

The statement added that the department also provides medication via postal service (UMP), Integrated Medication Dispensary System (SPUB), Pharmacy Appointment System and Locker4u.

“These different type of services are dependent on the type of medication and the availability of services at their respective facilities,” he said.

-- BERNAMA