As reported in The Star, there are a few sub-clusters detected at several madrasah and tahfiz in Malaysia, as they were in close contact with attendees of the tabligh gathering in Sri Petaling, which is the cluster that caused most of the COVID-19 cases in Malaysia with five "generations" of positive cases.

 As revealed by the Health Director-General, Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, these sub-clusters were located in Pahang, Penang, Selangor, and Melaka.

  
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1. Jerantut, Pahang

There was a total of 401 people screened for COVID-19, including 297 students and 104 staff and their family members. Out of 401 people, 62 of them were detected positive for COVID-19. Dr. Noor Hisham too disclosed yesterday (April 12) that 20 out of positive cases were recovered and discharged while the rest are treated in Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan.

2. Peranti, Penang

A total of 291 people were tested for COVID-19 and 6 of them were found to be positive.

3. Sungai Lui, Selangor

90 people were tested positive for COVID-19 in this sub-cluster while 67 of them had recovered and allowed to discharge as up to date. The rest are treated in Hospital Sungai Buloh.

4. Jasin, Melaka

137 people were screened, involving 122 students and 15 staff. 37 people were found to be positive while only one was recovered and allowed to go home.

Dr. Noor Hisham too mentioned that they will be working with various agencies to take on a targeted approach to screen all those who had been in contact with the high-risk groups.

  
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Advice from Dr. Noor Hisham

The Health Director-General urged the public not to blame or discriminate any patients or groups linked to the clusters as it is essential to track down and treat those infected patients, including their close contact and family members, most importantly, cooperation should be given to agencies involved to help the stop of the spread of COVID-19.