All 17 cases in 'nikah' cluster are family members

Kota Kinabalu: All 17 cases in a new Covid-19 cluster in Kota Kinabalu and Tuaran sparked by a nikah or Muslim marriage ceremony are family members, latest data from the Ministry of Health showed.

The Seri Gaya cluster’s index patient is a 65-year-old local man, who was detected on Oct 8 with symptoms of the novel coronavirus.

Five family members in Kota Kinabalu and Tuaran, all locals, tested positive between Oct 8 and 19.

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Eleven more family members in Kota Kinabalu were found positive today.

A total of 64 people were tested in the cluster as at 12pm today, 47 of whom were found negative, other data showed.

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The ministry did not say where the nikah ceremony took place but Seri Gaya is the name of a taman or residential area in Luyang, Kota Kinabalu.