Sarawak has not decide to relax quarantine for close-contacts who are asymptomatic and boosted
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will consult local medical experts to decide if Covid-19 close contacts, who have received their booster dose do not need to undergo quarantine if they have no symptoms, starting March 1. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said the committee has not decided if Sarawak […]
No quarantine for Covid-19 close contacts if boosted and asymptomatic
KUALA LUMPUR: Individuals who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and complete with a booster dose will no longer be required to undergo a home quarantine if they come into close contact with a positive case, starting March 1. Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said they must be asymptomatic and test negative on Day 1 and Day […]
I am positive, says Tiong
SIBU: Dudong assemblyman Dato Seri Tiong King Sing was confirmed COVID-19 positive today. He personally confirmed this in a statement. “With reluctance and sadness, I would like to inform everyone that I have been confirmed infected with COVID-19. “I have been feeling unwell since yesterday and continued to run the COVID-19 ‘ID NOW’ test and […]
MOH sets up portal for travellers to apply for home quarantine
SEPANG: Fully-vaccinated travellers from overseas wishing to undergo compulsory home quarantine can apply to do so through the Home Quarantine Application (HQA) portal on the Ministry of Health (MOH) website from tomorrow, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. “The application must be made seven to 10 days prior to arriving in Malaysia,” he said, adding that […]
Strengthen home quarantine SOPs
KUCHING: Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii has urged the authorities to strengthen the current home quarantine standard operating procedures (SOPs). He said the existing advisory, restrictions, and monitoring for home quarantine were inadequate and ineffective and might give rise to a possible increase in community transmissions. “Improvements are urgently needed in the handling of […]
Check houses to ascertain suitability of home quarantine
KUCHING: Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) has urged authorities to check homes of Covid-19 cases under Category 1 and Category 2 before imposing home quarantine, as not all homes are suitable for quarantine procedures. SPA chairman Datuk Dr Lau Pang Heng said the availability of a separate room with separate washroom, good ventilation, and the number […]
Review Covid-19 home quarantine and self-monitoring guidelines
KUCHING: There is a need for the Ministry of Health (MoH) to review Covid-19 home quarantine and self-monitoring guidelines, says a private medical practitioner. Dr Boo Cheng Hau pointed out that MoH should refer to the United Kingdom’s National Health Service guidelines and incorporate tachycardia or bradycardia as a criterion for Covid-19 patients to be […]
Fadillah in good health
KUCHING: All is well for Senior Work Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof as he enters day five of home quarantine after he tested positive for Covid-19 recently. “Today (June 15) marks the fifth day of home quarantine after I tested positive with Covid-19 on June 10, 2021. “Alhamdulillah, I do not display any symptoms that […]
Food aid for the home isolated
KUCHING: Food aid will be extended to those undergoing home quarantine starting tomorrow (Monday, May 24), said Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister added in addition to this, the state Social Welfare Department (JKM) also provides food aid to those at quarantine centres, roadblocks stations, Covid-19 Quarantine […]
Quarantined folk of 11 longhouses get food donations
MUKAH: The Resident and District Office (Rando) Mukah Division on Wednesday (April 21) contributed over 100 food baskets to folk in 11 longhouses in Sungai Duan near here currently undergoing home quarantine. The longhouses are Rh Budin (six units), Rh Jiram (12), Rh Lindan (five), Rh Nyaun (one), Rh Migi (five), Rh Stevenson/Subing (14), Rh […]
