GEORGE TOWN: The Butterworth Vocational College near here was ordered to close temporarily on last Saturday after 36 of its students and staff tested positive for Covid-19.

State Agrotechnology, Food Safety, Rural Development and Health Committee chairman Norlela Ariffin said the positive cases recorded at the college were linked to one of the two school clusters detected in the state, namely the Jalan Teluk Air Tawar Cluster which was identified on March 27.