Singapore confirms fifth Wuhan virus case
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Ministry of Health has today confirmed its fifth imported case of the novel coronavirus. In its latest update, the ministry said the fifth case is a 56-year-old female Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore with her family on Jan 18. She is currently warded in an isolation room at the National […]
Immediate measures in handling coronavirus
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) has taken several immediate measures in handling the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, should it ever enter Sarawak. Yesterday, JPBN chairman cum Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embass chaired a meeting of the committee that was attended by Local Government and Housing Minister Prof Datuk Seri Dr Sim […]
Self-quarantine to prevent spread
Some may not know that they have been infected with the virus because there are no symptoms like fever or coughing. KUCHING: Sarawakians who have just returned from China in the past two weeks are advised take several precautionary measures against the Coronavirus. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian has […]
Entry points tightened; China travels halted
WUHAN VIRUS KUCHING: Sarawak will tighten its entry points and temporarily halt trips to and from China to curb the spread of Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg stated that he had already given a directive to the relevant authority to halt trips to China at the moment. He mentioned […]
Don’t travel to China for now
KUCHING: The Chinese Embassy in Kuching is strongly advising Sarawakians to delay their plans to travel to China until the current epidemic passes. With the current health crisis in mainland China, its Consul-General Cheng Guangzhong said travelling to China within this emergency period may not be advisable. “For those who have planned to travel to […]
Better safe than sorry
The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster. – BILL GATES, AMERICAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, INVESTOR, AND PHILANTHROPIST An epidemic as defined as the rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of […]
Sports associations advised to hold off trips to China
KUALA LUMPUR: The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) has advised sports associations (SAs) in the country not to make plans for training or join any competitions in China in the wake of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. If there are Malaysian athletes already in China, OCM president Datuk Seri Mohamad Norza Zakaria urged the […]
Visa temporarily suspended
Govt temporarily suspends all immigration facilities for Chinese from Wuhan, Hubei province KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has taken the decision to temporarily suspend all immigration facilities to Chinese citizens from Wuhan City and Hubei Province with immediate effect. The Prime Minister’s Office in a statement here said the facilities encompass the Electronic Travel Registration […]
Sarawak to tighten gateway
Wuhan Virus KUCHING: Security at the gateway along the Malaysia-Brunei border at Sungai Tujuh, Miri, in northern Sarawak will be tightened to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Abang Openg said there could be a possibility of tourists from China entering the country through land routes from Sabah […]
Claims of 2019 novel coronavirus created in lab bogus
KUALA LUMPUR: Claims by some netizens that the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was made in laboratories with its vaccine readily available, was not accurate, said Factcheck.org, a non-profit organisation working with Facebook to debunk misinformation. In fact, it said, there is no vaccine yet available for the new virus and there is no patent related […]
