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10 killed amid unrest in Iraq

BAGHDAD: Ten protesters were killed on Monday after supporters of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the Republican Palace, the seat of the Iraqi government in Baghdad, according to Anadolu Agency quoting local media. More than 150 protesters were also injured in the unrest, the local Baghdad Today website said citing a security source. Following […]

Limbang turns green; five localities were put under EMCO

KUCHING: Limbang district finally turned green after recording zero positive cases in the past 14 days, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). With the change in status today (July 17), Sarawak now has three green zones. Song district also changed its status from red to orange after recording 33 Covid-19 positive cases in the […]

Daro becomes green

KUCHING: Sarawak now has two Covid-19 green zones after the Daro district became green yesterday (June 20). The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the Daro district was now green after no new cases were reported in the district in the last 14 days. It said the other green zone was the Limbang district. “The […]

No more green zones in peninsula

KUALA LUMPUR: There are no more districts categorised as green zones in the peninsula as of yesterday while four states — Penang, Selangor, Melaka as well as Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya have only red zones, according to the Ministry of Health’s Facebook post today. The 14-day movement data on the distribution of new Covid-19 cases […]

Telang Usan turns yellow

KUCHING: Simunjan district now stands as the sole Covid-19 green zone in Sarawak following the declaration of Telang Usan district as a yellow zone. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Telang Usan, which was previously a green zone, recorded one new positive case today (Apr 27). “This brings the number of yellow zones to 10 […]

Lawas turns green amid surge in cases

KUCHING: Despite Sarawak recording a surge in the number of Covid-19 positive cases, Lawas district on Sunday (April 18) brought good news as it turned from a yellow zone to a green zone. The district did not report any new local infection cases in the last 14 days. “This brings the total number of green […]

Telang Usan turns green

KUCHING: Telang Usan district has changed its status from yellow to green after reporting no new local infection cases in the last 14 days. “This brings the total number of green districts in the state to eight,” said Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a daily Covid-19 statement on Monday (April 5). The other green […]

Beluru turns from green to yellow

KUCHING:  Beluru district has turned zone status from green to yellow after recording a total of five local infection cases today. “This brings the total number of yellow districts in the state to 16,” said Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a daily Covid-19 press statement. Alongside Beluru in yellow are Tebedu, Bau, Mukah, Selangau, […]

Marudi is still green!

KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has clarified that Marudi district is still a green zone, after the one Covid-19 positive case reported previously was found to be under Beluru district. “After further investigation, one local infection case reported in Marudi district on Saturday (March 20) was identified to be a case under Beluru district. […]

Interstate travel still not allowed, even between green zones

KUALA NERUS: Interstate travel is still not allowed, even among areas designated as green zones, says Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said this was because the Ministry of Health (MOH) was still ‘sensitive’ with regard to cross-state permits as the leeway given in December last year had resulted in 32 […]