65 students at Cyberjaya boarding school test positive for Covid-19
Sixty-five Form One and Form Two students at Sekolah Seri Puteri in Cyberjaya have tested positive for Covid-19.
The matter was informed via a tweet on the official Twitter account of Senior Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin’s communications team last night...
Sixty-five Form One and Form Two students at Sekolah Seri Puteri in Cyberjaya have tested positive for Covid-19.
The matter was informed via a tweet on the official Twitter account of Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin’s communications team last night.
According to the tweet, Radzi visited the school to check on the current situation.
“This is the first time a boarding school reported these many cases. Pray that all affairs will be eased,” according to the tweet.
Last year, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said it could close any school in the country for seven days if a Covid-19 case is detected, without having to wait for the Health Ministry’s confirmation.
Educational institutions under the MOE in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Malacca resumed operations on Nov 1 following their shift to Phase Four under the National Recovery Plan from Oct 18.
Today, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin confirmed that two teachers and 71 students tested positive for Covid-19.
In a post on his Twitter account, Khairy said they were among 451 individuals from the school, comprising 13 teachers, 437 students and a staff member, who underwent Covid-19 tests.
He said the 65 students who tested positive yesterday had been admitted to the Low-Risk Covid-19 Treatment and Quarantine Centre 2.0 (PKRC) at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS).
“All of them (65) are in categories 1 and 2A, all stable,” he said.
Category one refers to asymptomatic patients while category 2A patients have light symptoms.
Khairy said 242 close contacts of the positive cases had been placed under quarantine, with students who were close contacts being isolated at the school hostel.
“The Health Ministry will continue to monitor the health condition of the patients and give the best treatment,” he said.
- Bernama
