Risk Assessment Report – 27 November 2020

COVID-19: Highlights and Situation Overview

• Worldwide, there have been over 61.2 million cases and more than 1.4 million deaths attributed to COVID-19.

• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering shortening its recommended two-week quarantine period

for people who have come in contact with people who have it — a change welcomed by some medical experts who say

the relaxed guidelines would be easier for people to follow. Current CDC guidelines recommend that anyone exposed to a

person with the coronavirus quarantine at home for 14 days, even if they test negative for the virus. Scientists say that helps

prevent further spread of the disease before they start showing symptoms or from those who don’t develop any symptoms.

• For two days in a row, according to Health Director-General, Malaysia saw more COVID-19 recoveries than new cases. The

country recorded 935 new Covid-19 cases and discharged 2,555 patients yesterday (November 26). With 2,555 patients being

discharged, the figure is the country’s new record for the number of recoveries in a single day. In total, 49,056 patients have

recovered from COVID-19 in Malaysia. Active cases have gone down to 11,348, while cumulatively, Malaysia’s COVID-19

cases have reached 60,752. As November 26, As of yesterday, there are 345 active clusters in Malaysia, with six new clusters

recorded the same day. The clusters are Bot Biru cluster (Sabah, 13 cases), Gemilang cluster (Johor, 26 cases), Tapak Bina

Sungai Udang cluster (Kuala Lumpur, 11 cases), Chengal (Kelantan, 15 cases) and Damar Laut cluster (Penang and Kedah,

5 cases).