PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry is concerned about the high number of asymptomatic Covid-19 patients among tahfiz school students in the country. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 539 tahfiz students or 84.9% out of the 635 students tested positive for Covid-19 showed no signs of infection. As of yesterday, 19,209 tahfiz students, teachers and staff have been identified from 370 madrasah and tahfiz centres nationwide. “Of this, a total of 12,384 samples have been tested with 635 positive cases and 10,755 negative cases. Earlier, Dr Noor Hisham announced 40 more Covid-19 cases and one new death, taking the death toll to 112.

Source: thestar May 14, 2020 23:15 UTC