Total of 361 Covid-19 cases among flood victims, says Health DG


Dr Noor Hisham at the field hospital in Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam on Dec 22, 2021. - Bernama

PETALING JAYA: A total of 361 cases of Covid-19 among flood victims have been reported but there are no positive cases among evacuees at temporary relocation centres (PPS), says the Health Ministry.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said as of 3pm on Wednesday (Dec 22), there were 415 operating PPS while there were a total of 65,114 flood victims across seven flood-hit states in Kelantan, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Melaka.

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