Don’t travel to and from Kuching district
KUCHING: Sarawakians are advised not to travel to Kuching district, a Covid-19 red zone, while Kuchingites are also advised not to travel outside the district within these two weeks. Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas gave this advice during a press conference on the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) Covid-19 update at the […]
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 […]
Bomba delivers food supply
KUCHING: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) delivered food suppy to residents in Kampung Haji Baki. The department’s operations centre informed that the humanitarian assistance disaster relief (HADR) was carried out from 10.30am to 4pm. Operations commanding officer Mohammad Fazly Ibrahim led a team of 12 to deliver the supplies by using two vans and […]
Teen breaks quarantine, slapped with fine
KUCHING: A teenage boy was slapped with a RM1,000 fine after attempting to sneak out of Kampung Haji Baki, where the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) is enforced, via a ‘rat trail’ (jalan tikus) last Friday night. Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the 15-year-old boy committed the offense around 11.30pm. At the […]
800 villagers to be screened today
KUCHING: Some 800 residents of Kampung Haji Baki are expected to be screened for Covid-19 today. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas who revealed this, said he was impressed with the preparations done by all related agencies at the Kampung Haji Baki Covid-19 operation centre. “There are 628 houses here […]
No need for EMCO in Kuching District
KUCHING: It is unnecessary to impose the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) for the whole of Kuching District despite the city’s declaration as a Covid-19 red zone. In stating this, State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the areas here were mostly free of the virus. “We have thoroughly discussed this […]
Roadblocks at entry points to Kampung Haji Baki
KUCHING: Police have set up roadblocks along four main roads and two “rat trails”, which are the entry points to Kampung Haji Baki here. The village has been placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) starting on Wednesday (Oct 28) until Nov 11 following an increase in Covid-19 cases in it. Padawan District Police […]
Be disciplined, be resilient in Covid-19 fight
BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: The public have been urged to remain disciplined and resilient in adhering to standard operating procedure (SOP) in order to continue breaking the transmission chain of Covid-19. “We have been enduring life in the new normal since March this year and it is starting to cause a phenomenon called Covid […]
Village quiet as lockdown begins
KUCHING: Kampung Haji Baki here was unusually quiet on Wednesday. The usual hustle and bustle of the village came to a grinding halt after the government enforced the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in it. Almost 4,200 residents from 530 houses in Blocks A, B and C are barred from leaving their homes until Nov […]
New cases remain at three digits, six deaths
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new Covid-19 infections in the country in the last 24-hours remained at three digits with 354 cases recorded, while six deaths were reported. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the case tally now stood at 14,722, with 3,863 active cases. The majority of new infections were in […]
