Record 11 new Covid-19 clusters

Ragananthini Vethasalam Ragananthini Vethasalam Updated 5 years ago · Published on 26 Dec 2020 7:37PM · 1 Comments

Besides reporting a record-high of 2,335 new Covid-19 cases today, a record 11 new virus clusters have also been discovered. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, December 26, 2020.

MALAYSIA today reported 11 new Covid-19 clusters, which is another record high in addition to the daily tally of cases.

Director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said with this, the number of active clusters of infection in the country now stands at 215.

The country also set a new record of daily Covid-19 cases today after reporting 2,335 in the past 24 hours, he said.

Health authorities detected yet another construction site cluster in Kuala Lumpur following a targeted screening exercise at the site.

The Jalan Seng construction cluster alone contributed 232 cases.

In Johor, the Pagar Siput cluster which stemmed from a symptomatic individual went on to infect 129 people. The cluster was discovered in Kota Tinggi.

Apart from that, there were also two workplace clusters reported in Selangor.

The Subang Plastic cluster reported 111 cases whereas the Jalan Asam cluster in Petaling and Klang saw 13 cases.

The two clusters were discovered following a targeted screening exercise at the factory.

Meanwhile, the Semambu cluster of 11 cases was discovered in Kuantan, Pahang after a supermarket staff tested positive for Covid-19.

The Sentosa Residensi cluster of 18 cases was discovered after a symptomatic individual tested positive for the coronavirus.

Cases linked to the cluster have spread across four out of the five districts in Penang.

Penang also saw another cluster of 24 cases, known as Lis Putih, which stemmed from an index patient who was suffering from severe acute respiratory infection (SARI).

Another cluster traced to a SARI patient was also reported in Johor. The Sg Redan cluster reported 11 cases.

The remaining clusters were found in Kelantan.

Noor Hisham also said 59 of the existing clusters reported new cases. – December 26, 2020.

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  • Looks like the spread of the virus is already out of control. The government and MOH are behaving like King Canute trying to stop the wave of infections. We know most infections come from foreign workers and illegal immigrants but the Immigration Department has not been successful in stopping the entry of illegals, partly due to endemic corruption. So the country has to prepare for the worse, the reason is poor governance by the ruling politicians and inadequate enforcement and corruption in government agencies. Now the rakyat is waiting for the vaccinations to begin but because we do not have deep pockets, that will only happen during the second half of 2021. Meanwhile mediocrity and apathy has engulfed the nation. A sense of hopelessness prevails.

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