MOH detects 219 Covid-19 cases, 16 Covid-19 clusters involving umrah pilgrims


Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah the increasing number of clusters detected among returning umrah pilgrims is alarming because the spread has taken place in a short period of time. Transmission of imported cases among family members is also occurring rapidly. – EPA pic, January 11, 2022.

A TOTAL of 16 Covid-19 clusters involving umrah pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia have been detected between November 25, 2021 and today, with seven of the clusters’ index cases confirmed to be of the Omicron variant.

Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said six clusters involved presumptive Omicron index cases, which are awaiting whole genome sequencing results, and three involved non-Omicron variants Covid-19-positive index cases.


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