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73 Health Ministry personnel positive with Covid-19

PUTRAJAYA: Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 73 Health Ministry personnel have tested positive for Covid-19.

He said based on investigations, the cause of infection was not due to the handling of positive cases at the ministry’s facilities.

“It was found that 47 cases or 64.4 per cent had to do with a wedding reception which was also attended by people who were at the tabligh gathering.

“Other causes also include a history of travelling overseas, and having contact with family members who tested positive for Covid-19,” he told a press conference here, today.

Dr Noor Hisham said a total 1,895 health officers handling Covid-19 cases at the ministry’s facilities had undergone testing for the virus.

He said 1,187 of them tested negative and 708 of them were still awaiting results.

“None of them had tested positive,” he stressed.

Dr Noor Hisham urged all health officers and frontliners to inform their respective department heads if they were directly involved or had come in contact with people who attended the tabligh gathering at Sri Petaling, a wedding in Bangi on March 6, or another wedding in Putrajaya on March 7.

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