Carian mengenai topik Sivagangga cluster

The list of Covid-19 standard operating protocol (SOP) violations that gave rise to the number of cases from the Sivagangga cluster and forced parts of Kedah to go into a partial lockdown continues to grow.

This time, with a Malaysian participating in Hari Raya Aidiladha activities before revealing his link to the cluster.

Health Ministry Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the person made up one of two new Covid-19 cases recorded today.

The person was a patron at a restaurant owned by the index case of the Sivagangga cluster, who returned from India on July 13 but did not comply with a home quarantine order and spent time at his restaurant. The Sivagangga cluster was discovered on July 28.

MOH has not received any reports of a new variant of the COVID-19 virus in Malaysia which was detected in the United Kingdom.

Genome sequencing conducted on COVID-19 virus samples has helped the Health Ministry (MOH) in its planning to improve preparedness to deal with the pandemic.

There is a big possibility that the Tawar cluster and Sivagangga PUI (person under investigation) cluster may have originated from the same source, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham.

Studies are still underway to ascertain whether the Sala and Tawar Clusters also involved the D614G-type mutation of COVID-19 like the Sivagangga Cluster.

There will be no more compound, instead violators will be brought straight to court for further action.

The owner of Nasi Kandar Salleh in Napoh, Kubang Pasu linked to the Sivagangga cluster has been sentenced to five months jail and fined RM12,000 by the Magistrates Court here today.

The Sivagangga cluster is one of the largest active cluster hitting Malaysia, adding strains to the countrys fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whether the COVID-19 virus from the Sivagangga cluster is a D614G mutated strain of the virus that increases the risk of COVID-19 infection among those who do not comply with standard operating proced

Kuala Sanglang and Kampung Tanah Timbul in Perlis have been placed under the Targeted Enhanced Movement Control Order (TEMCO) from Aug 10-31.

This was as a precautionary measure to curb the spread of the virus following the number of positive cases in the northern Peninsula, from the Sivagangga cluster in Kedah.

The Perlis State Government has implemented the Targeted Enhanced Movement Control Order (TEMCO) for 28 days starting from today in two villages in Kuala Sanglang.

Only Kedah, Perlis and Penang currently have COVID-19 positive cases linked to the Sivagangga cluster, the Health Ministry confirmed today.

Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that this brings the number of active cases with infectivity to 170 and the cumulative figure of positive cases in the country to 9,070.

JAIS director Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad said the Surau Al-Jannah and the nearby Sekolah KAFA Al-Jannah will only be allowed to operate again after JAIS gives the word.