Public ‘aye’ to MCO
KUCHING: The public is generally in favour of the movement control order (MCO) being re-imposed in Sarawak due to a spike in positive Covid-19 cases. This week Sarawak recorded the highest and second highest daily Covid-19 positive cases throughout Malaysia at 607 on Tuesday (Apr 13) and 489 on Wednesday (Apr 14). Moreover, the number […]
New cluster at Jalan Sultan Iskandar, Bintulu
KUCHING: The State Health Department (JKNS) has declared a new cluster in Bintulu District called the Jalan Sultan Iskandar Cluster. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this is a workplace cluster involving Covid-19 infections among civil servants of a government department at Jalan Sultan Iskandar in Bintulu. “The index […]
State declare new cluster today
KUCHING: The State Health Department has declared a new cluster dubbed the Jepak Cluster in Bintulu. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said this is a community cluster involving Covid-19 infections among residents from around Kampung Jepak in Bintulu District who had attended a wedding thanksgiving ceremony organised at the village on Apr 3. “The index […]
New cluster involves police trainees
KUCHING: The State Health Department today announced a new cluster, namely the Jalan Puncak Borneo Cluster. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the cluster was a workplace cluster involving Covid-19 transmission among trainees at the Police Training Centre at Jalan Puncak Borneo here. “This cluster was detected when a trainee was screened through screening of […]
Sarawak registers two new clusters
KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department has declared two more new Covid-19 clusters in the state. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the clusters are the Pujut Satu Cluster in Miri and Jalan Bambangan Cluster in Mukah. “As of April 10, the cumulative cases for the Pujut Satu Cluster are 24,” it said in a statement […]
New cluster declared in Sungai Gemuan, Meradong
KUCHING: The State Health Department (JKNS) has declared a new cluster dubbed the Sungai Gemuan Cluster in Meradong. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this brings to 45 active clusters in the state as of Friday (Apr 9). “Of the total, 15 clusters reported an increase in cases while […]
44 active clusters now in state
KUCHING: Sarawak reported two new clusters today, bringing the number of active clusters in the state to 44. The new clusters are the Jalan Kapitan cluster in Marudi and the Disso cluster in Saratok. “Of the total active clusters, nine clusters reported increases in cases,” said Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said in a statement “The Jalan Baji […]
Three new clusters identified
KUCHING: Three new Covid-19 clusters were declared by the State Health Department today in Miri, Sibu and Sarikei. According to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), the Jalan Kingway cluster in Miri involved a government premises. “The index case to the cluster is case 13,157, a local man, aged 54, who was detected through symptomatic screening […]
Mass gatherings main cause of clusters
KUCHING: Five clusters reported in Sarawak this year have involved those attending funeral ceremonies, accounting for a total of 3,360 Covid-19 cases or 22.46 per cent of total cases in the state. State Health Department (JKNS) director Dr Chin Zin Hing said of these five clusters, one each was detected in Kuching, Sibu, Pusa, Tanjung […]
New cluster identified: Jalan Merpati Cluster
KUCHING: A new Covid-19 cluster named Jalan Merpati Cluster has been identified by the State Health Department. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement today, said the cluster was traced at a shopping mall at Jalan Merpati in Miri district. “The Jalan Merpati Cluster is a workplace cluster, and the case index is […]
