Covid-19: Funeral ceremony triggers new cluster in Sabah, says state minister
KOTA KINABALU, Aug 4 ― A funeral ceremony has sparked a new Covid-19 cluster, namely the Tampasuk Cluster in Kota Belud, with 29 positive cases detected so far as a result of 159 screening tests conducted on close contacts.
“All the 29 Covid-19 positive individuals have been referred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Covid-19 Low-Risk Quarantine and Treatment Centre for treatment and isolation,” he said in a statement tonight. He said of that total, 570 cases or 60.06 per cent were detected from close contact screenings, 201 cases or 21.18 per cent were from symptomatic screenings, and the rest from other categories.
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