No total lockdown, only stricter SOPs
SIBU: No total lockdown will be imposed in this division despite the implementation of stricter standard operating procedures (SOPs) effective for two weeks from Feb 9 to 23 as recommended by the Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee (SDDMC). Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC) chairman Sempurai Petrus Ngelai said the stricter SOPs were imposed solely to […]
Stricter SOPs in Sibu Jaya
SIBU: The standard operating procedures (SOPs) in Sibu Jaya will be tightened for two weeks from Feb 9 to 23. The Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) in a statement on Sunday (Feb 7) said the approach was taken in view of the high number of positive Covid-19 cases recorded in the area. “Following the […]
Business should close briefly if any staff tested positive
BINTULU: Businesses such as supermarkets, shopping malls, private companies, among others, should be temporarily closed as per the Divisional Disaster Management Committee’s (DDMC) instructions regarding any staff of such entities testing positive for Covid-19. Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said that the parties involved must follow Bintulu DDMC and Ministry of Health’s (MoH) […]
Rh Long Jeeh, Ulu Baram residents undergo swab tests
KUCHING: Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) successfully completed ‘Ops LJ’ for Covid-19 swab tests at Rumah Long Jeeh in Ulu Baram. Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin, who is also minister in charge of Miri DDMC, stated that the operation was conducted today. “Ops LJ involves a medical team from the Miri Health […]
Aggressive community policing executed in Miri
MIRI: The Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) is currently mobilising community policing more aggressively in all districts within Miri Division, said Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin. The minister-in-charge of Miri DDMC stressed that all parties should play their respective roles in this regard during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) in order to […]
Longhouse folk to undergo swab tests
KUCHING: The arrangement for a medical team to fly to Rh Long Jeeh, Ulu Baram to carry out Covid-19 swab tests on its residents today was postponed to today due to a technical problem with the helicopter. Following alternative arrangements made by Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin, the team, comprising two doctors, two health […]
Food supply airlifted to Mulu
MIRI: Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) today arranged for an AgustaWestland (AW189) helicopter to have food supplies and basic necessities delivered to flood victims in Mulu. The aircraft and its crew departed from its air base here at 9am today and landed in Marudi at 9.15am before proceeding to Mulu at 12.47pm to complete the assignment. […]
Lockdown for oil palm estate in Beluru
MIRI: After two oil palm estates in Suai Niah were placed under lockdown on Monday, an oil palm estate in Beluru is also being placed under a similar ruling today. Two Covid-19 cases were detected, said Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin, who is also minister-in-charge of Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC). The […]
Red Crescent member under home quarantine
MIRI: A staff member of the Miri Red Crescent Dialysis Centre (MRCDC) Management Committee who was found positive for Covid-19 on Jan 22 is on a strict home quarantine since Jan 11 after being identified as one of the close contacts to a dialysis patient who was reported Covid-19 positive on Jan 10. This was […]
Miri folk urged to be more disciplined
MIRI: Datuk Lee Kim Shin who is the minister in-charge of the Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) reiterated his advice to the public in Miri to be more responsible in adhering to the standard operating procedures (SOPs). “It is our responsibility to care not only about our health, but others as well. The virus […]
