Covid-19: 50 more cases linked to Benteng Lahad Datu cluster, all prisoners, says Health DG


PUTRAJAYA: Fifty more Covid-19 cases linked to the Benteng Lahad Datu (LD) cluster in Sabah were detected in a 24-hour span and all new patients are prisoners, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general said the discovery of new cases followed the ministry’s active case detection work in the districts of Lahad Datu and Tawau, where 1,404 individuals have been screened for Covid-19.

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