Covid-19: Interstate movements trigger new community clusters, says Health DG


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Some of the 30 new clusters reported on Friday (July 23) have stemmed from the actions of several individuals who travelled across states, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).

He said among the new community clusters detected included the Jalan Bestari Yayasan cluster, of which the index case is a 53-year-old local woman with a history of traveling from Selangor to Johor on July 9 to attend a funeral.

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