PETALING JAYA: A new Covid-19 cluster has been detected in Penang after a man tested positive for the virus in Sandakan and investigations revealed that he had infected his seven-year-old niece in Penang.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the new infections, dubbed the Ara cluster, started from a 44-year-old man who tested positive after arriving at the Sandakan Airport on Sept 15.
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