Covid-19: Active clusters in Johor mainly from community and industrial sectors

JOHOR BARU: The community and industrial sectors are the main contributors to active Covid-19 clusters in Johor.

State Health and Environment Committee chairman R. Vidyananthan said out of the total 72 active clusters recorded as of Tuesday (May 18), 28 and 22 were from the community and industrial sectors respectively.

This was followed by 16 clusters at education institutions, four clusters involving detention centres and two clusters at shopping centres, he said.

He said four new clusters were identified in Johor on Tuesday, which are: the Jalan Petaling Industri cluster (located in Tebrau and Plentong); Jalan Besi Satu cluster (Plentong and Tebrau); Jalan Bukit Mutiara cluster (Tebrau); and Jalan Sri Putri Empat cluster (Kulai and Bukit Batu).

“Of the four, the Jalan Petaling Industri and Jalan Besi Satu clusters came from cases in the workplace.

“The Jalan Bukit Mutiara cluster came from religious activities and the Jalan Sri Putri Empat cluster involved cases in an education institution and the community.

“The total of 407 new Covid-19 cases recorded on Tuesday brings the cumulative number of cases in Johor to 51,217, ” he said.

Vidyananthan said the spike in Covid-19 cases in the community was due to social and religious activities that did not comply with standard operating procedures (SOP).

“We also received reports of confirmed cases as a result of wedding receptions and leisure activities involving large groups of people.

“The public is reminded to stick to the SOPs and keep wearing face masks, wash their hands frequently and remember the warnings of the Health Ministry in fighting Covid-19, ” he said.