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State records 330 COVID-19 cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 330 COVID-19 cases during the 52nd epidemiology (epid) week, a slight decrease compared to 475 cases during the 51st epid week. Of the 330 cases, 323 were in categories one and two, while seven cases were in categories three, four, and five. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its weekly update […]

616 COVID-19 cases, 1 death reported in Sarawak in epid week 45

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded a total of 616 COVID-19 cases during the 45th epidemiology (epid) week, a significant increase compared to last week’s 459 cases. Of the total number of cases, 604 were in category one and two, while 12 were in category three, four, and five. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its weekly […]

Sarawak records 760 new Covid-19 cases in Epid Week 34

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 760 new cases of Covid-19 throughout epidemiology (epid) week 34. The number was a marginal decrease of only 38 cases compared to the previous epid week’s 798 cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its weekly Covid-19 update said 742 of the total new cases were categories 1 and 2, while […]

Increase in COVID-19 cases, says dept

KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department reported that there has been an increase in COVID-19 cases in the state for three consecutive weeks. Director Dr Ooi Choo Huck in a statement today said that 601 cases were recorded in Epidemiology (Epid) Week 31/2022 from July 31 to Aug 6. “Meanwhile, a total of 930 cases reported […]

335 Covid-19 cases in Epidemiological Week 26

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 335 Covid-19 cases in Epidemiological (Epid) Week 26, a slight decrease from Week 25, which recorded 354. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said out of the 335 cases, 325 were Category 1 and 2 while 10 were either Category 3, 4 or 5. Kuching topped the list with 114 cases, followed […]

State registers uptick in weekly COVID-19 cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded a total of 267 COVID-19 cases during the 23rd epidemiology (epid) week (June 5 to 11) compared to 175 cases during the previous epidemiology week. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its weekly COVID-19 update said the new cases bring the cumulative COVID-19 cases in the state to 306,992. It said that […]

More studies needed on how Covid-19 affects humans

KUCHING: More studies are needed to give better insight into the epidemiology of Covid-19 and how it will affect the population especially in the Malaysian context. A microbiologist from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dr Siti Fairouz Ibrahim said there was still insufficient data available to come up with a more […]