31 close contacts enter quarantine
KUCHING: Thirty-one close contacts to a positive case identified at Rumah Uming, Sg Mador, Meradong on Dec 30 were admitted to quarantine centres in Sarikei and Sibu to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine. According to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), the active case detection activity was done by the state Health Department on all contacts […]
Close contacts of Pa’Dalih patient awaiting second swab test
MIRI: All close contacts of the Covid-19 patient from Pa’Dalih, Bario are awaiting their second swab test, said Datuk Lee Kim Shin, the minister in-charge of Miri Division Disaster Management Committee, today. Lee, who is currently in Kuching, told New Sarawak Tribune that the close contacts, including relatives and friends of the patient, had undergone […]
Close contacts told to undergo screening
KUCHING: Anyone who is a close contact of positive Covid-19 cases in Kuching is asked to undergo screening at health clinics. This is the appeal by the State Health Department (JKNS) yesterday. In an infographic by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) on Facebook, JKNS said that from Monday to Friday, the following health clinics […]
Contact tracing for Mambong cluster ongoing
KUCHING: All 187 close contacts to the two positive cases from engineering firm cluster were tested negative for Covid-19. Of the total, 130 of them were colleagues, while 33 were family members and 24 were causal contacts. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas disclosed this at a press conference held […]
Door-to-door search
Hunt for 3,000 close and casual contacts of Covid-19 positive persons starts today KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department through the Samarahan District Health Office will be carrying out active case detection on nearly 3,000 individuals of close and casual contacts of Covid-19 positive persons in two locations in Samarahan beginning today (April 27). Minister of […]
2,500 close contacts of patients not screened
KUCHING: Some 2,500 individuals identified as having had close contact with Covid-19 positive patients in the city are yet to be screened, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. Uggah, who is also the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman said a special team led by former State Health director Dr Jamilah Hashim was set up to […]
