Five new locations to undergo EMCO
KUCHING: Five new locations will be undergoing enhanced movement control order (EMCO) from Monday (June 21). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement on Monday, said EMCO would be implemented from June 21 to July 4 at three locations in Sri Aman District — Rumah (Rh) Majeng, Kampung Po Ai, and Rh Kedeni […]
Daro becomes green
KUCHING: Sarawak now has two Covid-19 green zones after the Daro district became green yesterday (June 20). The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the Daro district was now green after no new cases were reported in the district in the last 14 days. It said the other green zone was the Limbang district. “The […]
Two new clusters identified, Limbang now green
KUCHING: Two new clusters were identified in Kuching on Friday (June 18). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement, said the Kampung Sungai Agas Cluster, a community cluster, involved a few families residing in the area. “This cluster stemmed from cross-regional movements and close contact after attending the funeral of a close relative […]
Funeral gathering leads to new cluster
KUCHING: The State Health Department has declared one new cluster in Mukah on Sunday (June 6) named the Ulu Sebakong Cluster. According to the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), it is a community cluster involving a longhouse, which stemmed from a funeral that took place from May 19 until May 21. “A total of 78 […]
EMCO to be imposed in 22 places
KUCHING: The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be imposed in 22 places involving longhouses, a primary school and an area. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) announced in a statement today (June 5) that the EMCO would be implemented in Kapit, Bukit Mabong, Sri Aman, Julau, Meradong and Dalat districts. “The EMCO imposed at […]
Simunjan, Bau and Marudi now red zones
KUCHING: The districts of Simunjan, Bau and Marudi are now Covid-19 red zones after recording more than 40 cases of local infection within the last 14 days. This was announced by the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its daily Covid-19 update today (June 2). “This brings the number of districts with red status to 29,” it added. The committee said Song district has reverted to orange zone from red zone after recording a total of 39 locally transmitted in the past 14 days. “The number of districts with orange status is four districts, while six districts remain with yellow status and one district with green status,” said SDMC. The red zone code is attributed to areas of more than 40 cases, orange for 21 to 40 cases, yellow for one to 20 cases, and green when there are no cases recorded in 14 days.
Three new clusters announced
KUCHING: The State Health Department has declared three new Covid-19 clusters — one each in the districts of Bau, Bintulu and Kuching respectively. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) stated that the Jalan Jambusan-Sunchar Cluster in Bau district is a community cluster involving four families from four different localities namely Taman Mutiara, Kampung Melayu Baru, Taman […]
State records two new clusters
KUCHING: The State Health Department has declared two new Covid-19 clusters in Sarawak. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in announcing this yesterday, said the Gerigat Cluster in Kabong and the Sungai Parik Cluster in Sri Aman are both community clusters. The Gerigat cluster was detected at a village in Gerigat, Kabong that had spread through […]
One more longhouse under continued EMCO
KUCHING: Another longhouse will continue to be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) starting today (May 14) for 14 days, while the EMCO enforced in another longhouse ends today (May 14). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the EMCO for Rumah (Rh) Payau Emperan Datuk in Sungai Pinang, Pakan will be extended […]
EMCO at three longhouses from May 10 to 23
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) had declared the imposition of enhanced movement control order (EMCO) on three longhouses today (May 8). The longhouses are Rumah Boniface Manggie, Ulu Ranan in Kanowit; Rumah Tatom, Ng Tabau, Btg Oya, Stapang in Selangau; and Rumah Andin, Sg Bejait in Kanowit. The committee stated that the EMCO […]
