2 Singaporeans who attended religious event in Malaysia confirmed to have COVID-19; MUIS closes mosques, suspends Friday prayers

SINGAPORE: Two Singaporeans have contracted COVID-19 after attending a religious event near Kuala Lumpur, Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs Masagos Zulkifli confirmed on Thursday .

One person in the group became sick “a few days” after returning to Singapore and sought medical attention on Monday, Mr Masagos said. It is not known when he returned to Singapore. A second man from the group has also tested positive, Mr Masagos said, although he offered fewer details on this case. “We are still tracing his movement for the last few days,” he said. “We do not know whether he went to a mosque or otherwise.”

“This two-week period will allow more time for us to really break the cycle of transmission,” Mr Esa said. “We will continue to watch the situation and monitor the numbers from these cases that MOH is doing contact tracing.

Beside the mosques however I believe Singapore also have many Chinese Temple, Hindu temple, Buddhist temple and Sikh temple and did they caught anyone who is tested positive for Wuhan Corona virus(covid 19) ha....

Fact Mosque officer went to foreign congregation of 10k at the height of COVID19 wo due care whn rest of the world & sg were advising agst it, + even Saudi_Arabia with own Umrah suspension shws sheer irresponsibility.MUISingapore Singapore Islam also =social responsibility

Good job Muis.

ZulfiqarBadri 😱😱

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