State records 443 COVID-19 cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded a total of 443 COVID-19 cases during the 42nd epidemiology (epid) week, a slight increase compared to 424 cases during the 41st epid week. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in its weekly COVID-19 update, said of the total number of cases reported during the 42nd epid week, 430 cases were in categories […]

New COVID-19 cases drop almost 5 pct

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new COVID-19 cases recorded in Malaysia in Epidemiological Week 38 (ME 38/2022) from Sept 18 to 24 dropped 4.9 per cent to 12,963 cases from 13,627 in ME 37/2022 from Sept 11 to 17. “The number of daily active cases for ME 38/2022 was 25,325, a four per cent drop […]

New Zealand announces new virus case day after ‘Covid’ election

WELLINGTON: New Zealand confirmed a new community case of Covid-19 Sunday, two weeks after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared that the South Pacific nation had “beat the virus again”. Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the latest case involved a port-side worker who returned a positive test on Saturday afternoon. “Because the person was tested […]