Nine from same family infected in Tawar


PETALING JAYA: Kedah, which saw the emergence of the Sivagangga cluster, is seeing the rise of another Covid-19 cluster in its Tawar district after nine members of the same family were found to be infected.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the nine were among the 15 new cases reported yesterday, of which 11 were local transmissions and another four imported. This brings the total number of infections in the country to 9,129.

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