The government has converted a school dorm in Kelantan into a new Covid-19 quarantine and treatment centre (PKPC) which will be dedicated to taking in students infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the new PKPC, the fifth in Kelantan, began operating yesterday evening.
He added that the PKKC was utilising the male and female dorms of SMK Salor, Kota Bharu.
"The Salor PKPC will only take in students infected with Covid-19.
"The starting capacity is 168 beds - 84 males and 84 females. The maximum capacity is 350 and will be set up in phases," Noor Hisham said in a Facebook post.
PKPCs are intended to treat low-risk Covid-19 patients who do not show serious symptoms that would require treatment at a hospital.
On April 19, the Kelantan government had said its Covid-19 hospitals and quarantine centres were full following a surge of new infections in the state.
There has also been an increasing number of new Covid-19 cases involving schools after they reopened in March.
Health Minister Dr Adham Baba had said that between Jan 1 and April 20, a total of 4,868 people in the education sector came down with Covid-19.
Some schools administrators have also lamented that it was becoming increasingly hard to keep the virus at bay.
In Selangor, Klang MP Charles Santiago confirmed that 15 schools in the Klang district have been ordered to close due to Covid-19 cases.
"Parents, please take note. Fifteen schools in Klang closed for the next two days because of Covid-19," he said on Twitter.
Charles also shared a notice from the Klang District Education Department, which said the closure will begin today (April 26).
The affected schools are SMK Bukit Tinggi, SK Taman Klang Jaya, SK Rantau Panjang, SMK Meru, SMK Jalan Kebun, SJKC Wu Teck, SK Bukit Cherakah, SJKC Khe Beng, SMK La Salle, SMK Sri Andalas, SMJK Kwang Hua, SMK Raja Lumu, SJKC Hin Hua, SMK Raja Mahadi and SK Taman Sri Andalas. - Mkini
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