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Covid-19: Eight new clusters today, including three involving construction sites in KL

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya on November 21, 2020. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya on November 21, 2020. — Picture by Miera Zulyana

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) recorded eight new Covid-19 clusters today, including three that involved construction sites in the nation’s capital.

In a press conference, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah dubbed the clusters in Kuala Lumpur as the Permai Construction Site cluster, Matahari Construction Site cluster and Bina Laut Construction Site cluster.

Between the three, infections had spread to the districts of Lembah Pantai, Titiwangsa, Cheras and Kepong.

The remaining five new clusters today were identified as the Puncak Galaksi cluster in Selangor, Bukit Punai Cluster in Sabah, Cahaya Mahsuri cluster in Johor, Seri Tasik cluster Perak and Inten cluster in Pahang

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