Tests show three new imported cases
KUCHING: Three imported Covid-19 cases were recorded in Sarawak today, bringing the total number positive cases to 709. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement, said case 707 was a local woman who had just returned from Saudi Arabia. The case who worked as a nurse at a hospital in Mecca returned to Malaysia […]
Two Covid-19 cases recorded on Tuesday
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (Sept 22), bringing the total number thus far to 703. In its daily update statement, Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the new cases were reported here and Bintulu, involving a local and an Indonesian. “Case 702 is a local man from Serian who works at a […]
One new positive case
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one new positive Covid-19 case here today, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 701. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement, said the case was an imported case of a local female engineer from Cheras, Selangor. “The case entered Sarawak via Kuching International Airport (KIA) […]
Entry ban on countries with over 150k cases
PUTRAJAYA: The government will impose an entry ban on citizens of countries recording more than 150,000 cases of Covid-19 starting next Monday (Sept 7), Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced. He said among the countries in the list were the United States, Brazil, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Russia […]
Sarawak to follow federal decision
ENTRY RESTRICTION BY TANIA LAM & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: Sarawak will follow the federal government’s decision in barring long-term pass holders from India, Indonesia and the Philippines from entering Malaysia, with this new restriction starting on September 7. “We are part of Malaysia, so we are going to follow,” said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk […]
One new import case, S’wak still green
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one new positive Covid-19 case on Friday, breaking the four-day zero streak, as well as bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 682. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said Case 682 is an import case involving a local man from Mukah and […]
One new case
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one new positive Covid-19 case yesterday, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 680 to date. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said, the new case reported in Kuching was categorised as an imported case. The case involved a non-local male who had returned from Pakistan […]
Enhanced continuous Covid-19 surveillance
MIRI: The Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) would like to clarify a recent newspaper report stating that the city had 13 new Person Under Investigation (PUI) cases in a day. According to a statement issued by the committee, PUI refers to patients presented with respiratory symptoms plus history of travelling overseas or outside Sarawak […]
Five new cases recorded nationwide: DG
KUALA LUMPUR: Five new Covid-19 cases were reported in Malaysia yesterday, four of which are local transmissions and one imported case. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brings the cumulative figure of cases to 8,734, with the number of active cases with infectivity now stood at 86. He said the imported case […]
State records one imported case
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one imported Covid-19 positive case on Wednesday. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the case, detected in Sibu, involved a Sarawakian working as an engineer in an oil and gas company in Saudi Arabia. “The patient arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on July 3 via […]
