The Petaling Health Department has instructed the temporary closure of 19 schools in the district after 27 Covid-19 cases were detected.

"Covid-19 was detected in these premises. As such, they were instructed to be closed from April 19," it said in a notice issued to two education offices in Petaling Perdana and Petaling Utama.

The department said the schools will be closed for sanitisation under Section 18(1) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious...