183 persons complete 14-day quarantine
KUCHING: The mandatory 14-day quarantine is over for 183 persons, and they have checked out from Pullman Hotel, one of the designated quarantine centres in the city. Kuching District Civil Defence Force (APM) said all necessary procedures to indicate the end of their quarantine had been settled and that all Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) […]
Soldiers walk on police bail
BREAKING QUARANTINE SIBU: Three army personnel from the Peninsular, who were supposed to undergo mandatory quarantine, were detained by police after they were found in a public place on Monday (Aug 17). All three violated quarantine orders and were detained by police in Jalan Channel here. District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the […]
Exemption for govt staff, traders
KUCHING: All civil servants and businessmen entering Sarawak from Malaya, Sabah and Labuan via Kuching International Airport will no longer have to wear a wristband or be quarantined. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said visitors will be exempted from undergoing quarantine but they are still required to have their samples taken for swab tests. […]
Mandatory screening extended until Aug 31
KUCHING: The mandatory screening conducted at all of Sarawak’s main entrances has been extended until August 31. State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the admission of all Malaysians from West Malaysia, Sabah, and Labuan entering Sarawak will undergo compulsory screening at all main entrances to Sarawak for the time being. […]
Most agree to mandatory quarantine
KUCHING: As domestic tourism is slowly getting back to its feet, this city, however, is on the edge of turning red due to the recent spike of positive Covid-19 cases. With one new death recorded on Sunday, many said immediate action taken by the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) to impose mandatory quarantine at designated […]
Mandatory quarantine for all visitors
KUCHING: All Malaysians coming in to Sarawak from Malaya, Sabah and Labuan will have to undergo mandatory quarantine in hotels from Aug 1. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) announced this today after a special meeting chaired by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg, to discuss the latest development of the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Full support for mandatory quarantine
KUCHING: The government’s announcement on mandatory quarantine for incoming travellers into Malaysia — with the full cost to be borne by them (travellers) — is not only vital in breaking the transmission of Covid-19 but also well received by the people. Several people interviewed by New Sarawak Tribune voiced out their opinion on such matter […]
Quarantined man fined RM1,000 for eating out
LUMUT: A 51-year-old man was slapped with a RM1,000 compound for violating the home quarantine order by eating out at a restaurant in Kampung Jering, Ayer Tawar here, yesterday. Manjung district police chief ACP Nor Omar Sappi said the man was placed under the 14-day mandatory quarantine upon his return from Singapore. “A check on […]
Sarawak relaxes mandatory 14-day quarantine
KUCHING: Sarawakians and foreigners entering the state from overseas will no longer be required to undergo the compulsory 14-day quarantine at hotels throughout the state. In announcing this, State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the travellers would instead have to undergo a compulsory 14-day home quarantine. “When they arrived at […]
Mandatory quarantine beneficial
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee’s decision to continue the mandatory 14-day quarantine of people returning to Sarawak from overseas has proven beneficial in detecting positive Covid-19 cases. SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas on Sunday (Jun 28) said one positive case had been detected in Sarawak, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases […]
