Johor Bahru district now a COVID-19 red zone
31 October, 2020
Johor Bahru district was declared a red zone on Thursday (Oct 29), said Johor health insurance and environment committee chairman R Vidyananthan.
In a statement on Friday, Mr Vidyananthan said that information retrieved showed that most reported cases there involved the spread of the virus among members of the family and at workplaces.
“Considering this, the state health department has positioned the influenced institutions under home surveillance order," he said.
According to Malaysia's Ministry of Health, a location is known as a red zone when it records 41 cases or even more in the span of two weeks. Yellow zone can be an area with someone to 40 cases and green zone can be an area with zero cases.
On Thursday, 10 new cases were recorded in Johor, bringing the full total to 897. There have been 21 deaths.
In the statement, Mr Vidyananthan explained that of the 10 new cases, nine were from existing clusters while one was from other screenings.
“Of the 897 positive cases, 811 have made full recovery, leaving 65 active cases which have been isolated and so are being treated," he said.
Mr Vidyananthan added that Johor currently had three active clusters, namely the Rinting, Kempas and Bayu clusters.
“The problem in Johor is in order. An increase in cases is expected to continue soon given the heightened surveillance activities,” he said, while urging the general public never to create panic or spread inaccurate information.
The health and environment executive councillor also stressed that the spread of the virus among family was worrying as it reflected that some persons failed to adhere to the standard operating procedures (SOPs).
By Oct 29, Malaysia had a complete of 30,090 cases and 246 deaths. The united states currently has 10,087 active cases with 106 patients in the Intensive Care Unit and 23 under ventilatory support.
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