Bernama file photo shows an active case detection exercise.
KUCHING (July 26): Two new clusters were declared in Sarawak, with one involving workers of a ship which had docked in Bintulu, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) today.
The committee said that the workplace cluster, dubbed the Gom Tujuh Cluster, involved a ship identified as the Grade One Manjung 7 operating for the petroleum sector which was docked in Bintulu since June 30.
“A total of 50 individuals from this cluster have been screened with 24 including the index case testing positive while four more are still pending lab test results,” it said.
Apart from the Gom Tujuh Cluster, SDMC also declared another cluster involving an oil palm plantation workers’ quarters in Bintulu which had been placed under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO).
Known as the the Jalan Tatau-Selangau Cluster in Tatau, the cluster was declared after 18 out of the 224 individuals screened from the cluster tested positive for Covid-19.
Another 206 individuals from the workplace cluster are still awaiting lab test results.
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