Health D-G: Sri Petaling mosque tabligh cluster now up to 40,000 likely infected by Covid-19
Saturday, 04 Apr 2020 09:05 PM MYTHealth director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah giving a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya, April 4, 2020. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Ministry of Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the 40,000 people consist of family members and close contacts of index cases. “But we are not only looking at index cases of those who have attended the gathering but also their family members and close contacts. That’s how we got the figure of 40,000,” said Dr Noor Hisham at MOH’s daily press conference today.
He also pointed out several groups that are considered high risk. They include close contacts and family members and healthcare workers who deal with patients all the time.
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