SHAH ALAM, Aug 24 — Of the 393 Orang Asli individuals tested for Covid-19, 135 were found to be positive after a targeted screening programme was held at three Orang Asli villages in Selangor.
“At a village in the Gombak and Petaling districts, of the 91 screened, 90 were positive. At a village in the Kuala Langat/Klang districts, 42 were screened with 11 of them detected to be positive while at another village in Sepang, 34 out of the 260 screened were positive.” She wanted to know how the welfare of the Orang Asli community was being taken care of during the pandemic with regard to the types and amount of aid given and the Covid-19 screenings conducted at the Orang Asli villages in the state.