No cluster at Sabah primary school with two cases - DG
CORONAVIRUS | No Covid-19 cluster has been detected at the Sabah primary school that recently saw two of its students test positive for the virus.
On Monday this week (July 27), Sabah reported that one primary student was found Covid-19 positive after seeking treatment at a government clinic. It is not known when the second case was reported...
CORONAVIRUS | No Covid-19 cluster has been detected at the Sabah primary school that recently saw two of its students test positive for the virus.
On Monday this week (July 27), Sabah reported that one primary student was found Covid-19 positive after seeking treatment at a government clinic. It is not known when the second case was reported.
In a media briefing today, Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah shared that the first student had not attended school before testing positive.
Meanwhile, a second child from the same school tested positive after being referred to a hospital.
“We have two cases in Sabah and when we look into the two cases, one had not attended the school. The patient had a fever and was treated, we did a screening and (the patient) was positive for Covid-19.
“In the other case we detected, she has complications of burns and was referred to the hospital,” he said, adding that both children are being treated in isolation from other patients.
“We did (a) sampling of the school but none of the school - children or teachers - are infected at the moment. There is no cluster from the school,” Noor Hisham stressed.
Sabah-based The Daily Express previously reported that the school was located in Inanam, about a 20-minute drive from the Kota Kinabalu town.
Sabah Health Director Dr Christina Rundi previously said eight teachers and 37 students from the school, as well as the students’ parents, had been tested as part of contact tracing measures.
They have also been placed under a two-week home quarantine order.
Students in Standard One to Four were allowed to return to school on July 22 while Standard Five and Six students were allowed to return on July 15.
Should not close Kedah kindies
Meanwhile, Noor Hisham (photo) said he disagreed with the closure of kindergartens in Kedah.
Yesterday, the Community Development Department (Kemas) ordered 73 kindergartens (tabika) and three daycare centres (taska) to close for 14-days as a preventive measure following the identification of the PUI Sivagangga cluster.
“The cases in Kedah, yes we have identified a cluster, but we do not suggest the closure of schools [...]
“What is needed actually is to do cleaning and make sure you disinfect the common-use areas,” he said when asked.
As of noon today, he said a total of 143 people have been screened as part of contact tracing for the cluster. Six have tested positive, 67 have tested negative while the other 70 have been ordered to undergo home quarantine until they received their test results.
Preschools were allowed to open on July 1.
Kemas previously said that its decision would affect 1,605 kindergarten students and 62 children at childcare centres.
Kedah Kemas director Noor Azman Abd Rahman told Bernama yesterday that Tabika Kemas Kampung Natoi, Tabika Pekan Jitra, Tabika Kampung Bemban and Tabika Kampung Tebing were among the kindergartens believed to have come into “close contact” with the Sivagangga cluster.
Tabika Kampung Tebing is believed to be located “500 metres” from the restaurant whose owner (Case 8,937) was found positive - the index case for the cluster.
The restaurant has since been ordered to close for disinfection works.
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