Pasai Cluster ends, six clusters remain in Sibu
SIBU: The super spreader and main trigger of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sarawak, the Pasai Cluster, has finally ended, Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) announced on Tuesday. Detected on January 8 and was declared as a new cluster by the Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) on January 9, the cluster was the main cause […]
Two new deaths in Sibu push toll to 67
BY NUR SHAZREENA ALI & NUR ASHIKIN LOUIS KUCHING: Sarawak recorded another two Covid-19 deaths in Sibu on Thursday (Feb 18). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said in its daily update that the deaths brought the toll now to 67. “The 66th victim was Case 5,501, a 72-year-old local woman who was admitted to […]
RM8.48 mln spent on 42,424 samples
SIBU: The state government has spent RM8.48 million to send 42,424 samples of Covid-19 swab tests to private laboratories in the state and Kuala Lumpur for faster test results. Assistant Local Government and Housing Minister Dr Annuar Rapaee said that the state was very committed and spent a lot to manage the Covid-19 pandemic situation, […]
New sub-cluster identified
By Noor Syahhira Hady & Sarah Hafizah Chandra KUCHING: A new Covid-19 sub-cluster named the Tangap sub-cluster has been identified by the State Health Department. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the index case for this workplace sub-cluster had a history of travelling from Song District and was one of the close contacts to a […]
Why it is important to find case links
KUCHING: The Covid-19 cases reported in the past few days are not linked to the Pasai Cluster anymore, but were from Sibu town. Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) senior paediatric consultant and epidemiologist Dr Ooi Mong Hoi said what worried him is that from the cases reported from Sibu town, they still could not be linked […]
Pasai Cluster is one-month old today
SIBU: Today marks a full month since the Pasai Cluster hit the people of Sibu and spread across the state. It has been characterised as an unusual cluster as it spreads drastically resulting in many being infected, making it the largest cluster in Sarawak thus far. The effects of Covid-19 infections through the cluster were […]
Song is like a ‘ghost town’
SONG: The district of Song felt the impact caused by the Pasai Cluster, which has brought about an increase in positive Covid-19 cases in the state. A survey conducted found out that almost most shops here are closed, with only a handful of traders operating until noon. Song district police chief, DSP Rowney Michael when […]
Sarawak’s death toll up to 35
BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA & NUR SHAZREEN ALI KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one new death in Sibu due to Covid-19 on Thursday, bringing the state’s death tally to 35. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Case 2,047, a local female aged 79, had been receiving treatment at Sibu Hospital on Jan 13 due to fever and […]
Super spreader Pasai Cluster records 74 new cases
BY NUR SHAZREENA ALI & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: The Pasai Cluster in Sibu continues to be a super spreader infecting 74 more Sarawakians with Covid-19 today adding to the statewide total of 171 daily cases. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today said, the total number of positive cases involving this […]
Fatimah sad Dalat is red
MUKAH: Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah is sad that Dalat’s Covid-19 status turned from orange to red on Tuesday with a total of 59 local infection cases reported within the last 14 days. Fatimah, who is Dalat assemblywoman, said of the 22 cases reported on Tuesday, 17 […]
