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SEREMBAN, April 15 — The Negri Sembilan Health Department has denied allegations that 8,000 residents in more than 20 housing estates in Sendayan had been ordered to under health screening, as were posted in the SMFauzi Twitter account @FauziSuhaimi today.
[#TERKINI] Kira-kira 8,000 penduduk di lebih 20 taman sekitar Sendayan diarah untuk membuat saringan kesihatan selepas @KKMPutrajaya mengesan satu kluster baharu penularan #COVID19 di Sendayan, Negeri Sembilan.#HapusCOVID19 #AWANInews #AWANITerkini pic.twitter.com/wOYgpnG4AO
— SMFauzi (@FauziSuhaimi) April 15, 2020
Its director, Datin Dr Harlina Abdul Rashid, said only those residents who had been notified by the Seremban District Health Office needed to go for the Covid-19 tests.
“The Negri Sembilan Health Department would like to advise media practitioners to report authentic news issued by the Malaysian Health Ministry because inaccurate news can cause panic among the local population,” she said in a statement here today.
Dr Harlina said the Seremban District Health Office had conducted disinfection operations at several locations in Bandar Sri Sendayan since yesterday with the cooperation of several agencies.
She said the public can contact the Crisis Preparedness and Response Center (CPRC) of the Negri Sembilan Health Department at 06-7664940 for information on COVID-19.
Yesterday, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said a new cluster of Covid-19 cases had been detected in Sendayan, Negri Sembilan. — Bernama
