Covid-19: New cluster identified at Rembau factory as 53 test positive


PETALING JAYA: Fifty-three foreign workers have tested positive for Covid-19 at a factory in Pedas, Rembau, a cluster that the Health Ministry discovered about a week ago.

Of the number, 25 were Nepalese, 18 were Bangladeshi, eight were Indonesian and two were from Myanmar, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

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