KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 15 — The Terengganu Health Department (JKNT) has denied claims which went viral on social media recently that several traders at Pasar Besar Kedai Payang here had died due to COVID-19.
Its director Datuk Dr Kasemani Embong said that there was an outbreak among traders at the market but no deaths were reported.
“From Oct 31 until Saturday (Nov 13), some 36 out of 1,000 traders at the market have contracted COVID-19.
“All of them have been isolated and given treatment. Two of them were admitted to the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital and have been discharged. All close contacts have been identified and asked to undergo quarantine,” she said in a statement today.
Therefore, Dr Kasemani urged the public not to spread fake news to avoid confusion among the community, adding that JKNT would take the necessary measures to contain the COVID-19 transmission.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency