Four new positive cases recorded
KUCHING: Four new Covid-19 positive cases were recorded in Sarawak today, bringing the tally further up to 759, the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said. Its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said Kuching recorded three new cases, while one was recorded in Miri. He revealed that the two import cases in Kuching involved undocumented […]
Sarawak on red alert
KUCHING: Sarawak has been placed under red alert in view of two positive cases involving illegal immigrants despite the security measures. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the state government would no longer tolerate those who to bring in illegals into the state. “The recent positive case involving foreigners […]
24 cases have Sabah travel history
KUCHING: From Sept 26 to Oct 14, a total of 52 positive Covid-19 cases have been detected in Sarawak, involving 47 citizens and five non-citizens. Providing an overview of the Covid-19 situation from Sept 26 to date, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas disclosed that 24 of the cases (46.15 percent) had a […]
State records three new positive cases
KUCHING: Three new positive Covid-19 cases were reported in Sarawak today, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state thus far to 755. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said of these three cases, one each was reported in Kuching, Miri and Limbang. He said Case 753 was a local man […]
‘State govt has nothing to do with it’
KUCHING: Sarawak police has denied the state government’s involvement in fielding 500 security personnel to Sabah for official duties. Recently, a Facebook user claimed that the Sarawak government had ordered 500 security personnel to Sabah recently for the state election. This, however, was proven false by Sarawak Deputy Police Commissioner Datuk Dev Kumar M M […]
School still open despite viral link
BINTULU: SMK Bandar Bintulu is still open as usual although a student’s parent tested positive for Covid-19 last Friday (Oct 9). The principal, Patrick Philip Moss, said any further action such as closing the school would be based on advice from the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ministry of Education (MoE). He noted that […]
Sarawak records nine new cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded nine new positive Covid-19 cases in Kuching (five) and Bintulu (four) today, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 751. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said out of the five cases reported in Kuching, four of them were security personnel who have […]
Put schools’ co-curricular activities on hold
KUCHING: With the current spike in Covid-19 cases in the country, Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union (KGBS) opines that it may be a good idea to put co-curricular activities in school on hold until it is safe to resume. Its president Ahmad Malie said there was no need to rush into carrying out non-priority activities such […]
Bah Arnab cluster in Sarawak
KUCHING: Sarawak now has a new Covid-19 cluster identified as Bah Arnab Cluster following four positive cases reported in the state involving members of a family. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the case index for the cluster was case 719 which was reported last Tuesday. “The case had […]
Three more new cases in Sarawak
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded three new Covid-19 positive cases again on Wednesday (Oct 7). With the new cases, the State Disaster Management Committee, in its daily statement on Wednesday (Oct 7), said the total cases statewide were now 724. The committee also disclosed all three cases were imported cases recorded in Kuching, Sri Aman and Bintulu. […]
