Covid-19: Health Ministry expresses concern over rapid hike in cases linked to Mengketil cluster in Kelantan


PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has expressed alarm about a Covid-19 cluster in Kelantan which has seen a rapid hike in the number of cases in just a few days.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in five days, the Mengketil cluster recorded 41 Covid-19 cases across multiple districts and even the state border.

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