Follow health guidelines during festival season
SADONG JAYA: The community has been called upon to heighten their vigilance in response to the rising COVID-19 cases. Batang Sadong MP, Rodiyah Sapiee, emphasised the importance of following the Ministry of Health’s guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus. “The local community must remain cautious and always heed the recommendations of the Ministry […]
Declining trend in COVID-19 cases and admission rates
The 23rd Epidemiological Week (EW 23/2023), spanning from June 4, 2023, to June 10, 2023, saw a sustained decrease in COVID-19 cases. The Health Health (MOH) reported that there were 3,814 cases recorded, reflecting a 15.7 percent decline compared to the previous week (EW 22/2023) with 4,523 cases. Furthermore, the admission rate of COVID-19 patients, […]
Call to reintroduce physical distancing
KUCHING: Physical distancing is considered one the best measures that needs to be implemented by all parties to curtail the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Each individual has a role to play in ensuring the reduction of COVID-19 cases, including complying with standard operating procedures (SOPs) such as wearing a face mask, washing hands frequently and […]
State records 330 COVID-19 cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 330 COVID-19 cases during the 52nd epidemiology (epid) week, a slight decrease compared to 475 cases during the 51st epid week. Of the 330 cases, 323 were in categories one and two, while seven cases were in categories three, four, and five. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its weekly update […]
COVID: 33.7 pct drop in new cases last week
KUALA LUMPUR: New COVID-19 cases in the country dropped by 33.7 per cent to 7,249 cases in the 50th Epidemiological Week (ME 50/2022) from Dec 11 to 17, compared to 10,937 cases the previous week. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a statement today, said that local cases dropped by 33.8 per […]
Daily COVID-19 cases surpass 10,000 in India
NEW DELHI: The number of new COVID-19 cases per day in India continues to increase at a fast pace with 12,213 new cases recorded during the past 24 hours, showed data released by the federal health ministry today. This was the first time in the past couple of months that the number of new cases […]
Number of new cases increased to 5,736
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of COVID-19 new daily cases breached the 5,000 mark for two consecutive days when 5,736 cases were reported today compared to 5,566 cases yesterday. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brings the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 2,882,060 as of noon today. Of the total new cases […]
US Omicron cases receding: Data
NEW YORK: The United States’ Omicron wave is beginning to recede in New York and other major cities, official data showed this week, even as COVID-19 hospitalisations, a lagging indicator, reached new highs. The trend of explosive rises in Omicron cases followed by equally fast declines follows similar patterns seen in Britain and in South […]
Heightened alert system to be announced soon
REMBAU: Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, said that the Ministry of Health (MoH) will introduce a heightened alert system to detect early signs of an increase in Covid-19 cases in the country. He said through the system, the MoH proposed that some sectors would be tightened if there was an increase in cases, but it would […]
780 VOC detected in the state since Oct 8
KUCHING: A total of 780 additional Variants of Concern (VOC) had been detected from 782 Covid-19 positive cases sequenced as of October 8 in the state. According to the Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), all the VOCs were of the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant. IHCM director Professor Dr. David Perera […]
