PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has confirmed two new Covid-19 outbreaks involving workers based at offshore oil platforms in Sabah.
In its daily Covid-19 statement, the ministry said the “Segara” and the “Coral” clusters were among the 24 new clusters detected nationwide.
The Segara cluster has 11 confirmed cases after 141 workers of an offshore platform off Kota Kinabalu were screened for Covid-19.
The index case of this cluster is a 40-year-old man who tested positive on June 7 after developing symptoms a week before.
The Coral cluster meanwhile has nine confirmed cases so far, after 283 workers of another oil platform were tested.
Its index case is a 34-year-old man who tested positive after being screened for Covid-19 during sign-off.
The ministry added that 15 of the new clusters had been categorised as workplace-related outbreaks.
It said five other new clusters were community outbreaks, including the Ulu Sebakong cluster in Sarawak, which was linked to a funeral.
The funeral, which was held from May 19 to May 21 at the Sungai Sebakong locality, has 61 positive cases so far. A total of 147 individuals have been tested to date.
Another three new clusters were linked to high-risk groups, while another iwa related to a religious event, added the ministry.
