KUALA LUMPUR: A Bangladeshi man who crossed state borders to visit his friends in Genting Highlands, Pahang, ended up infecting them, leading to the recently identified Genting cluster of cases.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the Bangladeshi was the index case of the cluster. He had travelled from Selangor to Genting Highlands to visit his friends and ended up infecting them.
Noor Hisham said a lockdown under an enhanced movement control order (EMCO) had been enforced in Amber Court, Ria Apartment and Rumah Kongsi Kg Semaut in Bentong.
The cluster was reported to have been detected in Kuala Lumpur and Pahang on Dec 4, involving Titiwangsa and Bentong districts respectively. The index case (case No 66,878) was confirmed positive on Dec 1 via workplace screening.
On Dec 9, the government decided to enforce the EMCO in the three localities in Bentong from Dec 10 to Dec 23.
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