Five more NSC officials infected


KUALA LUMPUR: Five more officials from the National Sports Council (NSC) have been tested positive for Covid-19 and it has triggered a move to sanitise the working area in Bukit Jalil.

The five were among the 75 officials who did swab tests following a few earlier positive cases, involving seven athletes and one official who reported for their their quarantine-based approach training on Monday (Jan 4).

NSC director general Datuk Ahmad Shapawi Ismail said three of the officials had been involved in facilitating the athletes return to Bukit Jalil while two others were positive from outside source.

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