Bill Gates positive for COVID-19
ANKARA: Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. “I’m experiencing mild symptoms and am following the experts’ advice by isolating until I’m healthy again. I’m fortunate to be vaccinated and boosted and have access to testing and great medical care,” Gates said on […]
Petanak Market closed for three days
KUCHING: Petanak Market at Jalan Petanak here has been ordered to temporarily close from yesterday (June 18) to Sunday (June 20) due to a positive Covid-19 case detected in the area. Throughout its three-day closure, sanitisation and disinfection works will be carried out. Petanak Market will operate as usual on Monday (June 21), said Kuching […]
Kenyalang Park Market closed for sanitisation
KUCHING: The Kenyalang Park Market will be closed for three days effective today (May 14). Kuching City South Council (MBKS) in a notice said that the market is closed for sanitisation work and will re-open on Monday (May 17). Yesterday (May 13), the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) announced that Kenyalang Park Market was listed […]
Police officer tests positive, in ICU
SIBU: An assistant superintendent police officer who is serving in the Sibu district police headquarters here is currently being treated in the intensive care unit after being found positive for Covid-19. The news was confirmed by Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit when contacted on Monday (Apr 26). “The police officer was found […]
Victim positive, rescuers in Kampung Stenggang shooting incident to undergo swab tests
BAU: Firefighters, policemen and local villagers who were involved in the retrieval of a man who was recently shot dead in a hunting fatality at Kampung Stenggang here had been ordered to undergo Covid-19 screening and self-isolation. This came after the victim was confirmed to be Covid-19 positive by health officials. Bau Fire and Rescue […]
Two more primary schools in Sibu closed
SIBU: Following the closure of Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) Methodist after one of its teachers tested positive for Covid-19, two other primary schools here will also be closed effective from tomorrow (Mar 19) until March 26. Sibu District Education Office (PPD), in a statement today (Mar 18), said the two schools are Sekolah Kebangsaan […]
Active case detection for 300 villagers
BINTULU: About 300 villagers in Kampung Assyakirin Fasa 1 here underwent Covid-19 active case detection on Monday (Feb 22). Conducted by the Bintulu Health Office, the operations was carried out after a resident tested positive for Covid-19 last Saturday. Ketua Kaum of Kampung Assyakirin Fasa 1, Pengiran Hamdan Pengiran Kerta said the operations was the […]
Sibu Central Market closed for two days
SIBU: The Sibu Central Market will be closed to the public for two days on Tuesday (Feb 2) and Wednesday (Feb 3), says Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Clarence Ting. He confirmed that a SMC staff working at the Sibu Central Market on field surveillance had been confirmed positive for Covid-19 on Monday (Feb 2). […]
Two oil palm estates under lockdown
MIRI: Rumah Sabang Empungan, KM12 Jalan BLD Sungai Sawai, and two oil palm estates in Suai Niah here have been placed under immediate lockdown after a Covid-19 case was detected recently. The lockdown, which started today (Jan 25), will last until February 8, said Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin, who is also minister […]
Red Crescent member under home quarantine
MIRI: A staff member of the Miri Red Crescent Dialysis Centre (MRCDC) Management Committee who was found positive for Covid-19 on Jan 22 is on a strict home quarantine since Jan 11 after being identified as one of the close contacts to a dialysis patient who was reported Covid-19 positive on Jan 10. This was […]
