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KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced that as at 12pm today, there were 125 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, bringing the tally to 553 in Malaysia.
The MoH revealed that 95 of the new cases are related to the cluster involving the tabligh assembly at the Sri Petaling mosque. It is estimated that there were more than 15,000 participants at the tabligh assembly between Feb 27 and March 1. So far, 7,000 of the participants have reportedly come forward to get themselves tested.
Meanwhile, 12 Covid-19 patients have been placed under intensive care units (ICU), up from nine yesterday, MoH said. The three new patients are all from the same tabligh assembly cluster. The number of cured cases in the country stands at 42, as there has been no new discharges today.
Health minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the ministry has entered the final containment phase, which is late containment. In the final stage, MoH aims to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection from becoming more serious in Malaysia.
As it stands, Selangor records the most number of positive Covid-19 cases, followed by Kuala Lumpur, Sabah, and Johor.
When asked about the possibility of a national lockdown, Adham said prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin will make an important announcement on this matter tonight at 9pm.
“We are curbing this issue seriously, as we go towards the ‘mitigation’ phase, so the Malaysian National Security Council will be involved. The prime minister will announce tonight,” he said.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) had on March 11 declared Covid-19, which broke out in Wuhan, China, as a pandemic.
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