Meradong district is now red
KUCHING: Meradong district has turned red after recording 67 locally transmitted cases in the past two weeks. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement today, said Betong and Kanowit districts had changed to orange status after recording 22 and 37 locally transmitted cases respectively in the last 14 days. “Kuching, Samarahan, Julau, Subis, Kapit, […]
Reconsider schools in red zones, MoE urged
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) has urged the Education Ministry (MoE) to consider the reopening of schools in the red zones except for the Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM) examination centres. Its president Adam Prakash Abdullah said while the announcement on the reopening of schools would see children and teachers back into classroom nationwide to […]
Mapim Sarawak agrees with reopening of schools
KUCHING: The Malaysian Parents Consultative Association (Mapim) Sarawak branch agrees with the latest announcement by the Ministry of Education (MoE) on the reopening of schools by stages beginning next month. Its acting chairman Datuk Rozalix Edi Wahab said however, it hoped that schools in red zones would be temporarily excluded first. “By not reopening schools […]
Council to mitigate flood in Taman Univista
KUCHING: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) together with the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) will look into the drainage issues in Taman Univista in an effort to alleviate flooding. “Drains that need to be widened and deepened will be done. Unfortunately, there is little that can be done about the weather, which can be […]
UTC Kuching, Miri temporarily closed
KUCHING: The Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) in red zone areas will be temporarily closed and was made effective starting today. The centres will remain closed until March 1 throughout the conditional movement control order (CMCO). This was issued in a statement by the State Implementation Monitoring Unit, Chief Minister’s Department (JKM) following the change of […]
All markets closed until further notice
KUCHING: Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) has announced that all farmers’ markets, night markets and late-night bazaars in Kuching will not be allowed to operate until further notice. They said this was because the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) had declared Kuching as a red zone starting Wednesday (Feb 17). Kuching changed its status to […]
Kuching turns red again
KUCHING: The district of Kuching was declared a red zone – again, today. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said this followed 43 Covid-19 positive cases recorded in the district within the last 14 days. “Samarahan, Julau, Subis, Beluru, Kapit, Song, Dalat, Bintulu, Kanowit, Miri and Sibu remained as red zones with a […]
Samarahan tunrs red, Kuching back to orange
KUCHING: Samarahan District has been declared a red zone while Kuching reverted back to an orange zone today. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 57 locally transmitted cases were recorded in Samarahan District within the past 14 days which resulted in the declaration of the district as a red zone. It said Kuching, which […]
Lundu turns red
KUCHING: The Lundu District has turned into a red zone after recording 50 locally transmitted cases within the last 14 days. Saratok District has also changed its status from green to yellow after recording two new local transmissions. Beluru, Kapit, Song, Dalat, Bintulu, Kanowit, Miri, and Sibu Districts remained as red zones with a total […]
Beluru turns red; Matu, Sri Aman and Selangau orange
KUCHING: Beluru District is now a Covid-19 red zone. It changed from orange to red on Thursday (Feb 4) after recording 74 new cases, bringing the total number of local infections in the district to 96. At the same time, Sri Aman, Matu and Selangau districts changed from yellow to orange after reporting 28, 25 […]
