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JOHOR BARU: The Johor Baru district has been declared a red zone after the number of Covid-19 cases surpassed 40 in the span of 14 days.
Chairman of the Johor R. Vidyananthan Health and Environment Committee (Photo) He said monitoring and surveillance efforts would be boosted due to an expected increase in the number of cases in the near future.
“Johor Baru district was declared a red zone on Thursday (October 29). According to the information, most of the reported cases involved the spread of the disease among family members and workplaces.
“Because of this, the state health department has placed the institutions involved under a home surveillance order.
“On Thursday (October 29) ten new cases of Covid-19 were reported, including nine cases from existing clusters and one from other assessments,” he said in a statement here on Friday (October 30).
Vidyananthan noted that there are currently three groups active in Johor, namely the Bayu, Kempas and Rinting groups.
“The cumulative number of positive cases for the Bayu group remains at eight as of Thursday, which involved three work colleagues and five of their relatives,” he said, adding that 104 close contacts of the group have been identified.
He added that the Kempas cluster has registered about 42 cases, involving eight co-workers, 17 of their relatives, 11 colleagues of their relatives, five students and one of their relatives.
Meanwhile, the Rinting group recorded 10 cases involving two colleagues, six of their relatives and two friends of their children.
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