132 Sri Petaling tahfiz students placed in quarantine station

132 Sri Petaling tahfiz students placed in quarantine station

Hazmat team carries out sterilisation and disinfection for transfer to Institut Sosial Malaysia hostel.

The Institut Sosial Malaysia training centre in Sungai Besi is one of 409 buildings listed as quarantine stations. (Facebook pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
A total of 132 tahfiz students of the Sri Petaling Mosque here have been transferred to the quarantine station at the Institut Sosial Malaysia today.

The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department said the department’s Hazardous Materials (hazmat) team carried out the disinfecting process on all students before they were transferred.

“All tahfiz students were taken to the quarantine station in four buses escorted by the police,” the statement said.

It said the transfer process of all students was completed by about 2.30pm and the four buses were then disinfected.

The Sri Petaling Mosque, which hosted the tabligh assembly from Feb 28-March 1 was the source of now the largest cluster of Covid-19 infections.

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