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Kg Bumbok-Bt 7 stretch closed for everyone’s safety

PADAWAN: The roadblock at the main road from Batu Kitang to the traffic light junction towards Batu 7 is set up to prevent Covid-19 infection from spreading to other areas. Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Lo Khere Chiang said police and several other enforcement agencies had closed the road at the Kampung Bumbok area up […]

Housewife, tutor first to be charged under Emergency Ordinance

KUALA LUMPUR: A housewife and a tutor are the first individuals in the country to be charged in court under the Emergency Ordinance for spreading fake news related to Covid-19 infection and vaccine for the virus. In Perlis, Norjannah Rusli, 28, was fined RM5,000, in default five months’ jail, by the Kangar Sessions Court after […]

Emperoh Jambu Cluster goes beyond third generation

Dr Sim Covid

KUCHING: The Covid-19 infection involving the Emperoh Jambu Cluster is seen to have infected beyond the third generation, said Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. He said although the new positive cases are classified as part of the Emperoh Jambu Cluster, there are a number of recent new cases […]

New cases dip below 2,000 marks

KUALA LUMPUR: Since the enforcement of the Emergency Ordinance on Jan 11, the number of daily new Covid-19 infections in the country dipped below 2,000 for the first time today (Feb 25), with 1,924 cases reported.  Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the new cases, 1,918 were local transmissions while six more were imported who […]

Hundreds brave rain, virus threat to apply for permits

SIBU: Hundreds of employers turned up at the police stations here today to apply for travel permits for their employees. They were seen queuing up at the Central Police Station and the Lanang Police Station despite the rainy weather. An employer, who declined to be named, expressed his dissatisfaction as he had to line up […]

Breaking the chain of infection

SIBU: Assistant Minister of Local Government and Housing, Dr Annuar Rapaee described the enforcement of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) here as the right move to break the chain of Covid-19 infection. The CMCO was also enforced in Kuching and Miri for the same purpose, he added. “The implementation of the CMCO in Sibu […]

Villagers urged to comply with EMCO, law

KUCHING: Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang has urged the residents of Kampung Haji Baki here, where the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) is being enforced, to be disciplined and comply with the law. In response to a teenager who was issued a RM1,000 compound in an attempt to sneak out of the village last […]