235 children, 34 babies among those tested positive for Covid-19 in Sabah, says Masidi


KOTA KINABALU: Over 10% of the latest new Covid-19 cases in Sabah involved children under the age of five.

Minister in charge of Covid-19 matters in Sabah, Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun (pic) said out of the 2,578 new cases recorded on Sunday (Aug 29), 235 were children aged one to five while 34 were babies under the age of one.

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