Malaysia recorded a spike of 172 new Covid19 cases as of 12pm on Monday, bringing the country’s total infections to 7,417. Read more at
He said the Ministry of Health would continue to cooperate with the Immigration Department, Royal Malaysia Police and other government agencies to manage the Covid-19 cases involving DTIs.
"Various preventive activities have already been carried out, for example disinfection, health education like personal hygiene, washing hands with water and soap regularly as well as emphasising on social distancing, he said at his daily press conference on Covid-19. For the Semenyih cluster, a total of 1,757 samples have been taken from 1,630 detainees and 127 staff members. Out of the total, 66 tested positive, 753 negative and 938 waiting for results.
Dr Noor Hisham also said that an administrative personnel at the Semenyih DTI was confirmed to be Covid-19 positive and the MOH would screen the person’s family members as well as carry out contact tracing.
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