PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Malaysia's Health Ministry has detected a cluster stemming from an individual with a travel history to Italy, says its secretary-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PETALING JAYA - Malaysia's Health Ministry has detected a cluster stemming from an individual with a travel history to Italy, says its secretary-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah."From that cluster, about 37 people tested Covid-19 positive and there were five related deaths.. and one critical case in the intensive care unit," he told a news conference on Sunday ."This cluster has infections up to the third generation.
Datuk Dr Noor Hisham urged members of the public to be forthcoming with information should they have any travel history or history of attending gatherings or having close contact with Covid-19 patients. He said that from the new cases reported on Sunday, 46 were linked to the Tabligh gathering in Seri Petaling.
Meanwhile, an Indian television news reported that eight Malaysians who attended a Tabligh gathering in New Delhi were stopped at the Indira Gandhi International Airport from boarding a flight back home.
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