Active cases dip below 100
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of Covid-19 active cases in the country dipped under 100 today, with the recovery rate now standing at 97.6 per cent. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 85 active cases were recorded today, while 62 patients have recovered and discharged, bringing cumulative recoveries to 8,437 cases. “Three new cases […]
Three new Covid-19 cases
PUTRAJAYA: New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia returned to a single digit today with three cases, bringing the cumulative total to 8,637, including 182 active cases, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said two of the new cases were local transmissions while one case was imported. “The imported case involves a Malaysian who […]
Case in Miri was imported
KUCHING: A Covid-19 positive case in Miri involving a passenger coming from overseas was not a local case, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. “For your information, she was found positive in Selangor after she returned from Tunisia recently,” said Uggah during the Covid-19 daily update yesterday. He explained that while she […]
Imported case admitted to Miri Hospital
MIRI: A Covid-19 positive case involving a local individual who recently returned from overseas was reported by Miri Division Disaster Management Committee. According to its press statement, the individual returned from Tunisia via the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on June 20 and Miri Airport on June 21. The individual was asymptomatic upon arrival and […]
Covid-19 active cases at 986, lowest since March 18
PUTRAJAYA: The number of active Covid-19 cases in Malaysia dropped to 986 today, the first time it dipped below 1,000 since the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) on March 18, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said eight new cases were reported today, bringing the cumulative figure for positive cases […]
Union welcomes policy changes
KUCHING: Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak welcomed the announcement by Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob that the nation is expected to see changes in the policy of foreign worker employment as well as curbing the entry of illegal immigrants post Covid-19. “We hope that there will be no U-turns. Decisions […]
21 out of 544 Covid-19 positive cases imported
KUCHING: Of the 544 Covid-19 positive cases in Sarawak, 21 cases are imported cases from overseas. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said of the 21, 10 were from Indonesia, four from England, and one each from the Netherlands, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United States, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam. “…while a total […]
Lack of enforcement at border
KUCHING: Both Sarawak and Indonesia must increase their border enforcement to curb the spread of imported Covid-19 cases, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing. He said the lack of observation and enforcement in the 500-metre buffer zone on either side of the border had led to the existence of rat trails. […]
Chinese reports 41 newly imported Covid-19 Cases
BEIJING: The Chinese mainland reported 41 newly imported cases of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) Friday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 269, according to the National Health Commission. The commission said it received reports of 41 newly confirmed cases on the mainland Friday, all of which were imported, China’s Xinhua News Agency […]
