Sarawak urged to impose its own MCO
KUCHING: Disallowing dining in at coffeeshops, restaurants or eateries alone will not help to flatten the curve of Covid-19 in the state. This is the view of Kuching Coffeeshop and Restaurants Owners Association committee member Kapitan Tan Yit Sheng. “This is because other sectors are allowed to operate and there will still be people moving […]
Extend Sibu MCO to flatten curve
KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Youth chief Michael Tiang suggested that the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) extend the movement control order (MCO) in Sibu division to at least another two weeks to flatten the Covid-19 infection curve. “I understand that a prolonged MCO would only hurt our domestic economy, and no one will […]
State of emergency will help flatten two curves
KUCHING: The newly declared state of emergency will help flatten the curves of both the Covid-19 pandemic and that of economic recession. Economist Datuk Dr Madeline Berma who pointed this out, applauded the economic stimulus package rolled out by the government during the first movement control order (MCO) in March last year. She said the […]
Heading towards zero new cases
This is a round-up of Covid-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from June 20 up to 12.30 pm Thursday. In Malaysia, case numbers have exceeded 8,000 and globally, the virus has infected more than nine million people and caused over 450,000 deaths. More than 200 countries and territories are affected by the pandemic. KUALA […]
M’sia well prepared for CMCO: Dr Jemilah
KUCHING: The implementation of the movement control order (MCO) is not to end Covid-19 completely but to flatten its curve, said special advisor to the prime minister on public health, Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood. Malaysia, she said, was well prepared to implement the conditional movement control order (CMCO) as the MCO had successfully flattened […]
Number of cases drops to double digits
KUALA LUMPUR: After a month of the movement control order (MCO) which was introduced on March 18, the government’s efforts to break the chain of Covid-19 infections is showing positive results. Yesterday, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the number of daily positive cases have started to drop to double digits compared to the day […]
‘We need to flatten Covid-19 curve’
KUCHING: Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian, in his latest Facebook posting yesterday, said ever since the threat of the Covid-19 virus appeared in other countries, the team in Sarawak had already started work on contingencies — and this did not stop even when the threat became an unfortunate reality. […]
