COVID-19 clusters

A total of 107 COVID-19 clusters in the education sector were recorded from Jan 1 to Jan 25, involving 4,633 cases, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.

There is no necessity to close boarding schools despite an increase in COVID-19 clusters as many of the cases there involve mild symptoms or were asymptomatic, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.

16 COVID-19 clusters involving returning umrah pilgrims have been detected from Nov 25 until today, with seven of the clusters' index cases confirmed to be of the Omicron variant.

The two new COVID-19 clusters have been traced back to community events where those in attendance failed to comply with the SOP.

Tengku Zafrul said current developments show there are still new COVID-19 clusters being detected among certain sectors.

Forty-five new COVID-19 clusters were reported in Malaysia today, including 30 at workplaces, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The manufacturing sector was the biggest contributor of COVID-19 clusters in Selangor from July 1-31, said Selangor Health Department director Datuk Dr Sha'ari Ngadiman.

COVID-19 clusters involving the workplace which stood at 735 clusters, have recorded the highest number of cases at 60,000 cases from June 1 to July 23.

Factories that have triggered COVID-19 clusters and contributed to the spike in cases in Melaka must be shut down completely.

It is believed that the activity of selling illegal lottery has triggered one of the three COVID-19 clusters detected in Sabah, Masidi said.

Travelling across states to celebrate Aidilfitri in Sabah has resulted in two COVID-19 clusters, namely Abaka in Tawau with 38 positive cases and Melikai in Kuala Penyu with 16 cases.

Sabah Health Department has detected two new COVID-19 clusters, Kebagu cluster here and Papar as well as Tanjong Kapor cluster in Semporna involving a teacher and a pregnant woman as index cases.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has detected 46 COVID-19 clusters linked to cross-state activities, involving 6,044 cases in the country since Dec 7, 2020.

The government has its own way of addressing the emergence of COVID-19 clusters in the education sector that are reported in several states and have raised the concern of parents.

Dr Adham said a total of 83 COVID-19 clusters related to the educational sector were reported natiowide, involving 4,868 cases.

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