Menteri besar Amirudin Shari said the state government had met with education minister Radzi Jidin to discuss the current situation in the state and was told that the ministry would announce the guidelines soon.

“I had a meeting with Radzi yesterday and we found that although there are not many Covid-19 cases in Selangor, they are spread out in schools. So, how can we control (it)? We will wait for the ministry because it said it would come out with guidelines as to when schools should be closed.

“Do we close (schools) when one case is detected or do we wait for 400 cases before doing so? That is what we want to know,” he said during a Selangor zakat board (LZS) housing assistance key handover ceremony today.

On Monday, Amirudin, via a video uploaded on his official Facebook page, announced that a committee had been set up to identify localities with high Covid-19 infections in the communities.

He said the committee was headed by the state Education Department and comprised the state Health Department as well as the state disaster management unit.

Beginning next week, residents in affected localities will undergo targeted screenings under the supervision of the state government in an effort to prevent the virus in the community from spreading to schools.

Earlier, 13 families of the poor and needy in the Kuala Selangor district received new houses from LZS worth RM1.2 million in a ceremony officiated by its chief executive officer, Saipolyazan M Yusop.

Saipolyazan said that since 2010, a total of 2,283 units of houses had been handed over to poor and needy zakat recipients and converts, with a total zakat distribution of RM99.9 million.

“LZS has also provided House Repair Assistance, involving 3,602 houses, since 2010, with a total zakat distribution of RM57.35 million,” he added.