Updated Aug 11: Includes confirmation from the Health Ministry that the Parliament cluster has reported its first death.

An officer who accompanied Deputy Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) Minister Guandee Kohoi during the special Dewan Rakyat sitting has passed away after contracting Covid-19.

Jaimin Samitah, the senator’s special functions officer, died around 4pm in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

The deputy minister’s principal private secretary Ardino Diris confirmed the matter with Malaysiakini.

According to Ardino...