KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government's decision to order schools with Covid-19 clusters to shut was aimed at protecting other students and teachers in such schools from being infected.
Sabah Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said the state's decision was to ensure that Covid-19 infection could be curbed or "localised" without it spreading to other areas.
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