Funeral cluster yields at least 35 virus cases


PUTRAJAYA: At least 35 people have tested positive for Covid-19 following an outbreak tracing of a funeral held in Melaka last month.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the outbreak had been named the Kampung Gedang cluster, with the infections originating from a village in Alor Gajah.

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