By Nur Ashikin Louis
KUCHING, June 29: A ‘gotong-royong’ (work party) at a longhouse in Nanga Belungai, Sungai Kakus in Tatau has created a new community cluster with 13 Covid-19 cases confirmed so far.
The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today said the Nanga Belungai Cluster stemmed from social movement and close contact among the longhouse residents during the ‘gotong-royong’ conducted on June 13.
“A total of 51 individuals have been screened whereby 13 people tested positive for Covid-19 including the index case and 38 are awaiting test results,” the committee said.
All positive cases from the cluster were referred and admitted to Bintulu Hospital and the Bintulu Low-Risk Treatment Centre (PKRC) for isolation and further treatment.
The Nanga Belungai Cluster is one of two new clusters declared in Sarawak today with the other being the Tema Saan Cluster in Tebedu. — DayakDaily
