259 Kelantan secondary school pupils test positive for Covid since April 3


Kelantan state health director Dr Zaini Hussin says some school managements were found to have failed to comply with Covid-19 standard operating procedure, causing rapid transmission especially in hostels. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 20, 2021.

A TOTAL of 259 or 56% out of the 464 individuals who tested positive for Covid-19 in Kelantan between April 3 and 16 were secondary school pupils, according to state health director Dr Zaini Hussin.

He said the rest were primary school pupils (111 persons or 24%); teachers, school staff and other individuals aged above 19 (86 persons or 19%); and children below the age of seven (eight persons or 2%).


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