Two more new cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two new positive Covid-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 555. According to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), the two cases were from the Kuching and Samarahan districts. It also said one case had recovered and was discharged from Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) on […]

New cases back to double digits

PUTRAJAYA: The number of new Covid-19 positive cases dropped back to two digits Friday with 19, nine of them involving Malaysians. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said after 13 consecutive days of no Covid-19 related deaths, there was one reported yesterday, with the cumulative number being 116, or 1.4 percent of the total […]

Eight-day zero streak broken

One new case detected in Simunjan KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one new positive Covid-19 case in Simunjan district yesterday, breaking an eight-day zero streak of cases reported. It also brought the total number of cases to 553 since the first case was reported on March 13. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said, the […]

Covid-19 cases reach three digits again

PUTRAJAYA: The number of positive Covid-19 cases reported on Thursday (June 4) again reached three digits with 277 cases recorded, of which 271 involved non-Malaysians. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that of the total, there were only four local transmissions among Malaysians and two imported cases involving Malaysians who were infected overseas. […]

Only immigrants to be quarantined at agro park from now on

PUTRAJAYA: From now on, the Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centre at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) will only receive illegal immigrants who are tested positive, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said locals would no longer be placed there and those who had been in quarantine at the centre have been transferred to the […]

Serian, Bintulu and Tanjung Manis turn yellow

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded four new positive Covid-19 cases today, bringing the total number of cases to 549 since the first case was reported on March 13. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement, said one case each was reported in Kuching, Serian, Bintulu and Tanjung Manis. Serian, Bintulu and Tanjung Manis have been categorised […]

207 illegal immigrants tested positive for Covid-19

KUALA LUMPUR:  A total of 207 of the 13,929 illegal immigrants detained at three Immigration Detention Depots in Peninsular Malaysia have been found to be positive for Covid-19 infection. Immigration director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said 110 of those infected have been sent to the Covid-19 quarantine and treament centre at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) […]

New cluster in Sepang Immigration Detention Depot

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has detected a new Covid-19 cluster, with six cases, at the Immigration Detention Depot (DTI) in Sepang, Selangor, making it the third cluster involving a DTI. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah confirmed this in his statement today. Yesterday, he had said that the MOH detected a new cluster […]

Zero-streak ends: state records one new case

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one new positive Covid-19 case yesterday, ending its eight-day streak of zero new cases and bringing the total number of cases to 545 since the first positive case was reported on March 13. A statement by the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the new case was reported in Kuching involving a […]

78 new cases, 63 recovered, one death

PUTRAJAYA:  A total of 78 new Covid-19 positive cases were recorded yesterday, bringing the cumulative number of cases in the country to 7,137, with 1,163 active infectivity cases, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said of the 78 new cases, 25 were imported cases and 53 were local infections. “Of the 53 […]