Infected prison inmates, staff to be isolated
MIRI: Inmates and staff of Miri Central Prison who are tested positive for Covid-19 will be placed at the Covid-19 Low-risk Treatment and Quarantine Centre (PKRC) which is established within the prison facility. This was disclosed by the minister in charge of the Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) Datuk Lee Kim Shin today. “For […]
Bintulu’s Alam Cluster ends
KUCHING: The last Covid-19 cluster in Sarawak known as the Alam Cluster that was reported in Bintulu district has been finally declared over on Saturday (Sept 26). Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said the cluster involved a liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship carrier anchored at the port of Bintulu was declared to […]
Positive patients kept from others
KUCHING: Patients who are Covid-19 positive will be kept separate from those still awaiting laboratory test results, assured State Health Department director Dr Chin Zin Hing. He said patients with non-Covid-19 infections who were waiting for their Covid-19 swab test results would be placed in quarantine centres. “However, we will not mix them with Covid-19 […]
Positive Covid-19 pets must be isolated
KUALA LUMPUR: Pets owned by private individuals who have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 must be isolated and quarantined for 14 days for monitoring purposes. Senior lecturer (veterinary immunology) and researcher in pet disease at the Faculty of Veterinary Science in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Dr Farina Mustaffa Kamal, said if these pets displayed any health […]
