Wedding receptions spark new Covid cluster in Beaufort

5 Feb 2022 • 6:25 PM MYT
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Kota Kinabalu: Wedding receptions sparked a new Covid-19 cluster in Beaufort according to an update shared by Sabah's spokesman for the crisis, Datuk Masidi Manjun.

The cluster named Kg Weston spread in Kg Lubok and Kg Menengah in Weston.

The cluster's index patient was a 66-year-old man and close-contact screening found three more positive cases from his household.

The man had attended the wedding receptions at Kg Lubok and Kg Menengah on Jan 29 and 30 respectively.

Twenty-seven cases have been found in the cluster so far.

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