PUTRAJAYA, Nov 25 — The Health Ministry has not detected any Covid-19 infections among the community surrounding the Teratai cluster, said its director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said the infections were certainly discovered among the foreign workers residing in the dormitories for the Top Glove Corporation Bhd factories at the centre of the cluster, as well as their close contacts.
“These include 165 Malaysians who also work in the factories, living in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. They came back and infected around 71 family members, if I'm not mistaken.
“But we have not seen any cases in the immediate surroundings of the Teratai cluster,” Dr Noor Hisham said during his press conference.
Since yesterday, 5,777 individuals have been screened for the cluster, with 4,036 positive cases detected. The director-general said more screenings are on the way.
“The screenings had already begun to be carried out even before the ministry implemented the targeted enhanced movement control order in the workers' dormitories.
“Those testing positive were sent to hospitals, while those exposed to positive cases were put in quarantine. We will conduct risk assessment on each individual, exposed or otherwise,” he said.
Dr Noor Hisham said tomorrow will be the final day of the quarantine for some of the workers, with a second screening test conducted today.
“They will only be released if the test results are negative. Similarly as of November 18, 12 of Top Glove Corp Berhad's factories at the centre of the cluster have been closed.
“By yesterday, 20 of the 28 factories were closed. Having said that, the factories' machinery must be allowed to continue as stopping it would result in damage, so they are allowed to continue operating at a minimum level,” he said.
Dr Noor Hisham added the remaining eight factories will be closed in stages as announced by the National Security Council, while the ministry's priority for this cluster is to screen all the workers affected.
