New Covid-19 cluster detected among cleaning company foreign workers


PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): A new Covid-19 cluster has been detected involving foreign workers at a cleaning company, says Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

He said that as of noon Friday (May 29), 24 positive cases were reported among the Bangladeshi workers at a private clinic carrying out the Covid-19 screening on the company’s staff.

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