Marudi and Matu turn from yellow to green; EMCO in four new locations

KUCHING: The status of eight districts in Sarawak has changed in the past 14 days. Marudi and Matu turned from yellow to green after both did not record any new infection cases in the past 14 days, bringing the number of green status districts to five. Meanwhile, Lawas and Daro changed from green to yellow […]

Simunjan now a red zone

KUCHING: The district of Simunjan is now a Covid-19 red zone, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). It said the declaration came after 51 new Covid-19 cases were registered in the district within the past 14 days. “Meanwhile, the district of Selangau reverted to yellow from orange status after recording only 20 cases within […]

New cluster involving workers quarters emerges in Bintulu

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KUCHING: A new cluster emerged in the district of Bintulu involving the occupants of the workers quarters of an oil palm plantation. The Jalan Persisir Bintulu-Miri Cluster is a workplace cluster at an oil palm plantation, which is under enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in Jalan Persisir Bintulu-Miri. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said […]

Another workplace cluster emerges; Tanjung Manis turns green

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KUCHING: Sarawak has reported another workplace cluster – Cluster Jalan Jambusan 2 in Bau today (July 20). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its daily report said the cluster started at a workplace, involving supermarket employees at Jalan Jambusan, in Bau. A total of 99 individuals were screened, with 11 of them testing positive […]

Beluru is now a red zone

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KUCHING: Beluru district is now a Covid-19 red zone, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). It said the declaration was made after 42 new Covid-19 cases were registered in the district within 14 days. “Meanwhile, Kanowit and Sri Aman districts both reverted to orange from red status after recording 36 and 40 cases respectively […]

Limbang turns green; five localities were put under EMCO

KUCHING: Limbang district finally turned green after recording zero positive cases in the past 14 days, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). With the change in status today (July 17), Sarawak now has three green zones. Song district also changed its status from red to orange after recording 33 Covid-19 positive cases in the […]

EMCO at five new localities

KUCHING: Two rental rooms and three more longhouses have been placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said yesterday the EMCO, which was enforced at two rental rooms in the Bintulu district — Bilik Sewa Atas Kedai Lau Hoi Chew, Parkcity Commercial Centre and Bilik Sewa Atas Kedai […]

Jalan Haji Taha cluster among four new clusters

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KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department today declared four new Covid-19 clusters in the districts of Kuching, Tebedu, Bintulu and Serian. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), revealed in a statement today (July 3),  that the Jalan Haji Taha cluster in Kuching was a workplace cluster involving a security company at Jalan Haji Taha. “Of the […]

Stunggang Cluster in Lundu ends

KUCHING: The State Health Department yesterday (June 27) announced the end of the Stunggang Cluster in Lundu after zero cases were recorded in the past 28 days. There are still 93 active clusters in the state. Sixteen clusters recorded additional 132 cases while the remaining ones have no new cases. The department added that Kabong […]

Betong is orange while Marudi yellow

KUCHING: The Betong district has turned orange after recording 35 local Covid-19 infection cases in the last two weeks. Meanwhile, the Marudi district is now yellow after recording 13 local infection cases in the past 14 days. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) announced that as of today (June 26), the state had 30 red […]