Selangor health director: Probe on cause of Covid-19 cases at Klang hospital inconclusive


KLANG: Investigations carried out by the Selangor Health Department and Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) was not able to shed light on how the Covid-19 infection had taken root at the hospital, says Datuk Dr Sha'ari Ngadiman.

The Selangor health director said in a statement it was not clear if the 50 staff members, currently being treated at Sungai Buloh Hospital, had picked-up the virus before patients were admitted at the hospital, or when they (the patients) were in the 14-day incubation period.

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