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Govt to bear cost of quarantine, tests for S’wakians

KUCHING: The Sarawak government will bear the cost of quarantine accommodation and Covid-19 testing for Sarawakians returning to the state from overseas, assured Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He said all Sarawakians returning to the state from overseas are required to undergo mandatory 14-day quarantine. Within this period, he said they would […]

11 new cases, new cluster recorded

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 11 new positive Covid-19 cases as well as a new cluster yesterday. Of the new cases, seven were from Kuching, two from Samarahan, and one each from Bau and Lundu. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that one of the 11 cases was an imported case from overseas — […]

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 […]

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 […]