PUTRAJAYA: A majority of the Covid-19 clusters detected in Selangor were contributed by factories in the economic sector.
Selangor Health director Datuk Dr Shaari Ngadiman said these factories contributed a bulk of the Covid-19 clusters detected in the state at 54 per cent (96 clusters), followed by the construction industry, services and business sector.
Dr Shaari said there were no clusters linked to Hari Raya Aidiladha visits detected in Selangor, which showed that people in the state complied with the standard operating procedures (SOP) in place under the National Recovery Plan.
Elaborating on the clusters emerging from factories, Dr Shaari said checks showed these workers might have contracted the virus outside their work premises.
"Checks conducted by the Health Ministry showed that factories allowed to operate in the state adhere strictly to the SOP.
"We believe that the affected workers might have been infected by the virus outside of the factories.
"They may have been exposed to the virus when they were at home or hostels.
"Hence, we would like to urge workers at factories allowed to operate during this period to adhere to the SOP even when they are outside of their workplaces," said Dr Shaari.
He was speaking at a press conference on the efforts implemented by the Greater Klang Valley Special Task Force amid the surge in cases detected in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
Dr Shaari added that the bulk of the cases detected in Selangor were due to close contacts at 40 per cent, followed by 22 per cent employees and 20 per cent non-employees.
He, however, did not elaborate if the cases detected among employees are those linked to factories or from the other economic sectors.