KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A new Covid-19 cluster - the Kluang Old Folks Home cluster - has been detected in Johor, says Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).
He said so far, 39 people from this cluster had been screened, with 14 testing positive for Covid-19,18 negative and seven still waiting for their results.
"Of the 14 positive cases, 13 are Malaysians and one an Indonesian national. The positive cases in this cluster involved 11 senior citizens (residents of the old folks’ home), one worker and one family member, ” he said in a statement Monday (July 20).
He said the first positive case from this cluster was a fatality which was reported Sunday (July 19) (case No. 8,770).
He said that investigation and active case detection had been initiated while preventive measures such as disinfection had also been conducted at the old folks’ home.
The cause of the infection in this cluster is still under investigation, he said. - Bernama
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