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PETALING JAYA: After a cabinet minister was confirmed to be infected with Covid-19, the hashtag “klustermenteri” is currently trending on Twitter, with more than 11,000 tweets with the hashtag posted.
One netizen, identified as Syefri Zulkefli, tweeted: “It looks like #KlusterMenteri is becoming real.
Another Twitter user, Rohan Javet Beg, said such a group was not unexpected. “This was the inevitable result of the ruling class blatantly disobeying standard operating procedures and assuming that a pandemic would be as selective as the law.
“Indifference triggered this wave.”
Among the most popular tweets was one by satirical graphic artist Fahmi Reza, who displayed a poster urging ministers to sit quietly at home in self-quarantine. His tweet had been shared by more than 2,800 users at press time.
The Twitter reaction came as the minister of religious affairs, Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri, revealed that he had contracted the virus, moments after the director general of health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, said a person who attended the special Covid-19 meeting on October 3 did the test. positive.
Noor Hisham also said that everyone who attended the meeting had undergone a health exam and had been tested for Covid-19 today.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who chaired Saturday’s meeting, later said that he would undergo home quarantine for 14 days.
Muhyiddin also said that the Health Ministry had identified those who came into close contact with Zulkifli and issued a house surveillance order.
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