Several student residential colleges at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Lendu in Alor Gajah, Malacca have been ordered to close for 10 days beginning today after a student was found to be Covid-19 positive in preliminary screening.

State Health director Dr Rusdi Abd Rahman said the closure notice was issued under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 after the detection of the positive case and eight symptomatic students...