Sivagangga cluster spreads out of state


PETALING JAYA: The Sivagangga cluster has spread out from Kedah, with 10 in a family in Perlis infected and Penang breaking its green state streak after recording its first active case in months.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic), who disclosed this, said 12 of the 25 new infections reported yesterday were from the Persons Under Investigation (PUI) Sivagangga cluster in Napoh, Kedah.

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