Dr Noor Hisham: New Covid-19 cluster at KL construction site; cramped worker lodgings possible cause

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A construction site in Kuala Lumpur is the latest cluster of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia, with 44 positive cases detected there alone.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — A construction site in Kuala Lumpur is the latest cluster of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia, with 44 positive cases detected there alone, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today.

“About screenings with positive detections from construction sites, so if we look at construction sites, from our study, there is a high possibility that foreign workers who work at construction sites, they live in closed and confined spaces. We feel that is the main factor for how infections can spread among foreign workers at construction sites,” he said in a press conference this evening.

“So we believe confined spaces, crowded spaces are important factors that we have to look at. Today we don’t have a vaccine, but the vaccine that we have is social distancing, safe distancing,” he added.As of today, the Setia Alam construction site in the Petaling district in Selangor had recorded 13 foreigners who tested positive for Covid-19 with 12 discharged and one remaining active case.

 

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