Gawai cluster identified in Sibu

KUCHING: The gathering of several longhouse residents in Sungai Durin on the night before the Gawai Day celebration on May 31 has sparked a new Covid-19 community cluster in Sibu. The new cluster named as Sungai Durin Cluster is among the four newly reported clusters in Sarawak today (June 7). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee […]

Help prevent Gawai cluster

KUCHING: The Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has called on its members – all 900 of them in the state – to help prevent a Gawai Covid-19 cluster. “We understand we cannot stop people from celebrating Gawai but we urge our members to play their role by not going back to the longhouses […]

Comply with SOP to avoid ‘Gawai cluster’

KUCHING: Celebrants are urged to comply with the standard operating procedure (SOP) for Gawai Dayak as to avoid creating a ‘Gawai cluster’. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this time Gawai will be celebrated differently — in a subdued and cautious way —because the state is still in the midst of fighting the […]