Bernama file photo shows an active case detection exercise.
KUCHING (Sept 5): The Sarawak Health Department today declared four new Covid-19 clusters in the state, with three of them categorised as community clusters.
The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its daily Covid-19 update said that the first community cluster is dubbed the Simpang Bakun Cluster in Bintulu which involves residents of a longhouse at the Bakun road junction currently undergoing Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO).
“Out of the 133 individuals screened, 42 including the index case tested positive while 91 others are still pending lab test results,” it said.
The second community cluster is the Pangkalan Cluster in Bau which saw 53 individuals screened with 22 testing positive.
The third community cluster is the Annah Rais Cluster in Kuching which saw 28 out of the 30 individuals screened testing positive.
The fourth new cluster is a workplace cluster dubbed the Pesiaran Silicon Cluster in Kuching. A total of 10 individuals were screened and all tested positive.
Meanwhile, SDMC announced the end of five clusters after no new cases were reported from them in the last 28 days.
They were Balai Ringin Melayu Cluster in Serian, Jalan Ding Lik Kwong Dua Cluster in Sibu, Jalan Stutong Baru Cluster in Kuching, Taman Yen-Yen Cluster in Kuching and Kampung Jaya Bakti Cluster also in Kuching.
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