KOTA KINABALU: College students proceed to spark new Covid-19 clusters in Sabah, with the most recent within the Tenom district.
A complete of 16 hostel college students, their classmates and households have been discovered to have Covid-19 following a screening on Nov 13.
Minister in command of Covid-19 issues within the state, Datuk Masidi Manjun mentioned the brand new Mantailang Atas cluster began from a 19-year-old hostel scholar in SMK Tenom.
He began displaying signs on Nov 11 and examined optimistic on Nov 13.
“Fifteen others have been discovered to have contracted the virus thereafter,” he mentioned when saying Friday’s (Nov 19) 543 new Covid-19 instances in Sabah.
In the meantime, a complete of 15 deaths – two every in Kota Kinabalu, Tuaran and Beaufort and one every in Kota Belud, Penampang, Kota Marudu, Keningau, Tawau, Sandakan, Kudat, Kuala Penyu and Semporna – have been recorded.
Over 75% of adults and nearly 70% of teenagers have been totally vaccinated as of Friday.
On Thursday (Nov 18), a complete of twenty-two people contributed to a brand new cluster in Ranau district, involving a case index from the SMK Kemburongoh dormitory.
