GEORGE TOWN: As the authorities try to contain the spread of infections from the Sivagangga Covid cluster, the Penang executive councillor in charge o...
As the authorities try to contain the spread of infections from the Sivagangga Covid cluster, the Penang executive councillor in charge of public health has expressed frustration with the Health Ministry for not acting on her suggestion earlier.
“The screenings were conducted in three states – Kedah , Perlis and Penang . Screening of close contacts and active case detection are continuing,” he said. The three cases are believed to be linked either to the Sivagangga cluster from Napoh in Jitra, or connected to a nurse in Ipoh. She lamented that patients under investigation have also become complacent. One of them was arrested by police on Saturday for breaking quarantine to attend an event at the Penang International Conference and Exhibition Centre.
Meanwhile, Kedah executive councillor in charge of health, Datuk Dr Mohd Hayati Othman, said the state will go all-out to prevent the virus from reaching major economic centres such as Alor Star and Langkawi. In Perlis, schools were closed in Kuala Sanglang, which borders Kedah. A targeted enhanced movement control order has been imposed on the village there and in the adjoining Kampung Tanah Timbul.
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