KOTA KINABALU, June 5 — Visits during the recent Hari Raya celebration have triggered a new cluster in Sabah, namely the Block 31 cluster in Tawau with 31 positive cases detected so far, said State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun.
Masidi, who is also the state government’s spokesperson for Covid-19, said the index case is a 71-year-old housewife who tested positive after undergoing screening at the Tawau Hospital on May 27.
“Following close contact screenings, nine tested positive, in addition to the 21 new cases today.
“Close contact tracing is being intensified to detect the source of infection,” he said in a…
