Covid-19: 138 MOH healthcare workers tested positive, none linked to handling of patients
Friday, 03 Apr 2020 06:25 PM MYT
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya April 2, 2020. ― Picture by Shafwan Zaidon PUTRAJAYA, April 3 — A total of 138 Ministry of Health healthcare workers have been tested positive for Covid-19 as at noon yesterday, according to Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
However, he stressed that none of those workers was infected due to the handling of patients at Covid-19 wards or intensive care unit at the ministry’s healthcare facilities. “Fifty-eight of the cases were linked to wedding receptions attended by individuals who also attended the tabligh gathering in Sri Petaling,” he told the daily media conference on Covid-19 here today. — Bernama
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