Questions asked over possible causes of unusually high Covid-19 numbers in two Johor locales. FMTNews Covid19 Tabligh
A part of Kampung Dato Ibrahim Majid, which has been put under total lockdown. On the left is Masjid al-Huda, where some who returned from the KL tabligh gathering had been.
Some 3,500 people from 650 families in Kampung Dato Ibrahim Majid and Bandar Baharu Dato Ibrahim Majid, both located in Simpang Renggam, Kluang, will now spend the whole two weeks under total lockdown, barred from venturing out of their homes, not even to buy essential items like the rest of the nation.
She said the anxiety is justified as many residents are at-risk senior citizens. She herself lives with her elderly parents, her husband and children.“We are worried, because many of us here are old. The community is close-knit and before the Covid-19 crisis, the mosque was always full with Quran recital classes, celebrations, and meetings of all kinds at the community hall.
On returning home they started teaching religious classes and leading congregational prayers at the surau. They also attended a local wedding. “They checked our identities and asked about the number of people in each household. Those at most risk were taken into quarantine,” said Intan.
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