State tests more travellers
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is increasing its efforts to detect Covid-19 positive individuals entering the state. This came after an increase in the number of locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in Kuching and Kota Samarahan. SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said currently, the rate of random sampling collection amongst domestic travellers […]
186 Stutong market cluster samples awaiting results
KUCHING: A total of 186 samples taken from the Stutong market cluster for Covid-19 contact tracing are still awaiting laboratory test results. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said two samples tested positive while 165 samples were negative out of a total of 353 samples taken since Saturday (Jul 18). […]
Jeti Cluster emerges
KUCHING: Sarawak now has a new Covid-19 cluster identified as Jeti Cluster following two positive cases reported in the state involving Jeti Kapal Perikanan (Fishing Boat Jetty) in Pending here. According to the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), the first case is Case 584 which was reported on July 15 involving a foreign man from […]
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 […]
Bau JBALB closes one day for contact tracing
KUCHING: The Rural Water Supply Department (JBALB) Bau Division istemporarily closing its office with the Public Works Department office in Baufrom July 16 to 17. According to the statement issued by JBALB yesterday, the one-day closure of its divisional office in Bau was necessary as a precaution to ensure the Covid-19 contact tracing on one […]
War not over yet
KUCHING: Individuals who came in close contact with the five recently detected Covid-19 positive cases here are urged to go for testing at health facilities throughout Kuching. According to State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, there are five health clinics offering Covid-19 testing here. The facilities include Jalan Masjid Health Clinic, […]
New cluster emerges
Two more cases, new cluster from engineering company KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two new positive Covid-19 cases in Kuching today (July 12), bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 579. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement, said that the 578th case was a local 44-year-old woman who underwent a screening […]
Last two patients return home
MIRI: The last two Covid-19 patients in Miri Hospital have fully recovered and were allowed to return home on Wednesday. “We are happy for the two patients who have recovered and we would like to congratulate and wish them good health and happiness during these festive seasons,” said Minister-in -charge of Miri Divisional Disaster Committee (MDMC) […]
Special task force focuses on contact tracing among students
MIRI: A special task force, which started operations on Tuesday, aims to focus on contact tracing among students from domestic institutions of higher learning who returned to Miri in recent weeks. In saying this today, minister in charge of the Disaster Management Committee here, Datuk Lee Kim Shin, said that all the returning students had been […]
Possible spike in Covid-19 cases in next few days
KUCHING: Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian has advised Sarawakians to anticipate a possible increase in Covid-19 cases following contact tracing and test results coming within the next few days. “Zero new cases today, but beware of the contact tracing and testing results coming in the next few days,” he […]
