Most police compounds issued in Kuching
KUCHING: Police issued 48 compounds to errant individuals for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the movement control order (MCO) on Friday (June 25). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Kuching recorded the most compounds with 27, followed by Bintulu (seven), Simunjan (five), Sibu (four), Saratok (two), Lawas (two) and Padawan (one). “The […]
588 new cases – 106 in Kuching alone
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 588 new positive Covid-19 cases on Wednesday (June 2), bringing the state’s tally to 48,620. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today (June 2) said 284 of these cases, or 48.3 percent, were detected in the districts of Kuching, Miri, Sarikei, and Sibu. A total of 106 cases were recorded in Kuching District, Miri (67), Sarikei (61), Sibu (50), Samarahan (41), Tatau (38), Bintulu (35), Selangau (24), Asajaya (23), Sri Aman (22), Kapit (21), Bau (18), Beluru (11), Simunjan (11), Kanowit (10), Betong (seven), Pakan and Marudi (six each), Pusa, Subis and Dalat (five each), Meradong and Mukah (four each), Serian and Lundu (three each), and Sebauh (two). “Of the 588 new cases reported, 70 people exhibited signs and symptoms of Covid-19 infection during screening,” SDMC said, adding 481 individuals were those who had been issued quarantine orders. On the overall breakdown of the new cases, 393 were persons who had contact with positive Covid-19 cases, 88 were linked to existing active clusters, 58 were from other screenings at health facilities, and 49 were from symptomatic individual screenings at health facilities. “Today (June 2), 427 new cases have recovered and been discharged,” SDMC added. The committee said 94 of these cases were discharged from Bintulu Hospital and Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centre (PKRC), Sibu Hospital and PKRC (88), Sarawak General Hospital and PKRC (85), Miri Hospital and PKRC (79), Sarikei Hospital and PKRC (25), Kapit Hospital and PKRC (24), Betong PKRC (11), Mukah PKRC and Sri Aman Hospital and PKRC (nine each), Serian PKRC (two), and Lawas PKRC (one). “This brings the number of recovered and discharged cases thus far to 39,750 or 81.76 percent of the total number of Covid-19 cases in Sarawak,” SDMC said. There are still 8,456 active cases being isolated and treated at hospital wards and PKRCs throughout the state. “A total of 588 new persons-under-investigation (PUIs) have been reported and no PUIs are awaiting laboratory test results,” said SDMC.
Cops erect 14 roadblocks in Kuching
KUCHING: Police here have set up 14 roadblocks throughout the movement control order (MCO). District police chief Asst Comm Ashmon Bajah said the roadblocks will focus on inter-district areas and strategic urban routes around Kuching city. A total of 791 officers including the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM), People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela), State Enforcement and Security Unit (UKPN) and local authorities will be enforcing the MCO standard operating procedures (SOPs). “Eight roadblocks have already been set up previously and an additional six more roadblocks were also added to the total. “Among the six additional roadblocks are two mobile roadblocks that have also been set up specifically to control movement in urban areas,” he said when met at a roadblock here on Tuesday night (June 1). The six additional roadblocks will be set up in strategic locations according to the current needs. “Within 24 hours on May 31, a total of six individuals were compounded. Among the offences were exceeding the total number of individuals allowed in the vehicle, attempts to cross districts and public gatherings,” said Ashmon. He said the Kuching District police headquarters’ special Covid-19 monitoring team will also step up monitoring in industrial areas based on public tipoffs. Ashmon warned that police will not compromise in issuing compounds against individuals or premises found guilty of SOP noncompliance.
Unimas says seven cases of South African Variant detected in Kuching
KUCHING: Seven cases of the South African Variant of Concern (VOC), B.1.351 have been detected in Kuching district. The earliest case was tested positive by rT-PCR on April 26 and the most recent case tested positive on May 6, said the Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas). In its report […]
Another new cluster declared in Kuching district
KUCHING: The State Health Department has declared a new cluster dubbed the Kampung Boyan cluster in Kuching district on Sunday (May 16). Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement, said that it was a community cluster detected involving three families in Kampung Boyan. “Of the 69 individuals who were screened, 19 including the index […]
Kampung Binyu Cluster detected
KUCHING: The State Health Department has announced a new cluster — Kampung Binyu Cluster — today (Apr 3). Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) stated that the cluster is a community cluster involving a wedding ceremony in Kampung Binyu, Jalan Tanjung Bako here. “This cluster was detected when several symptomatic individuals (Cases 16,214; 16,194; and 16,196) […]
Clamour for gold heats up
Sales jump after gold prices drop BY NOOR SYAHHIRA HADY & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: Since the recent drop in gold prices, goldsmith shops, located in the heart of Kuching City, have been flooded with customers. The price of 916 or 22 carat gold is now RM265 per gramme while the price of 999 or […]
Divide Kuching into zones too
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has requested the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) to divide Kuching into zones similar to Sibu’s strategy in an effort to improve Covid-19 enforcement. “We want to review our enforcement throughout Sarawak — starting first with Kuching,” said SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas at the committee’s Covid-19 […]
Kuching turns red again
KUCHING: The district of Kuching was declared a red zone – again, today. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said this followed 43 Covid-19 positive cases recorded in the district within the last 14 days. “Samarahan, Julau, Subis, Beluru, Kapit, Song, Dalat, Bintulu, Kanowit, Miri and Sibu remained as red zones with a […]
Samarahan tunrs red, Kuching back to orange
KUCHING: Samarahan District has been declared a red zone while Kuching reverted back to an orange zone today. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 57 locally transmitted cases were recorded in Samarahan District within the past 14 days which resulted in the declaration of the district as a red zone. It said Kuching, which […]
