Mass screening of Labuan’s Titian Cluster finds 10 per cent positive Covid-19 cases
LABUAN: The mass Covid-19 active case detection (ACD) exercise in the newly-emerged Titian 2 Cluster here found that only 10 per cent out of the total 80 per cent population had tested positive for Covid-19.
Labuan Health Department director Dr Ismuni Bohari said the cluster in the Filipino refugee-settlement, which has a population of 2,912 people, was well under control and would continue to be monitored.
“Most of the people in the settlement are working in the town centre, and some are involved in the construction sector. Certainly they have interactions with the local community; as such, it is our responsibility to ensure that they are free from Covid-19 infections,” he told Bernama.
The ACD, which kicked off on Friday and ended last Saturday, was to ensure that Covid-19 spread in the denselypopulated settlement would be contained effectively.
According to National Security Council (MKN) Labuan director Mohd Hafiez Daud, the settlement is registered with MKN.
“These refugees are mostly holding IMM13 (a document issued to Filipino refugees in Sabah and Labuan), and there is a small number of those staying in the settlement who are Malaysians and also with status of Malaysian permanent resident,” he said.
Meanwhile, Labuan Natural Disaster Management Committee chairman Rithuan Ismail said roadblocks at two entry points to the settlement, which had been conducted since last Friday, would be lifted in the next few days depending on Labuan Health Department’s advice.
Labuan is seeing a downward trend in the number of individuals testing positive for Covid-19, recording two digits new cases in the past four days. — Bernama