Sivagangga cluster may be a super spreader, says Dr Noor Hisham

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CORONAVIRUS | He says the Sivagangga cluster is spreading very quickly compared to nine other clusters in the country.

CORONAVIRUS | The Health Ministry fears that the Sivagangga infection cluster that started in Kedah could be linked to a genome of Covid-19 which had been identified as a super spreader in Egypt and Pakistan.

Its director-general, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah told a press conference today that they found the cluster - which MOH has traced back to the owner of a nasi kandar shop in Jitra - had been spreading "very quickly" compared to other infection clusters in the country.

 

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