One death brings toll to 409
KUCHING: Sarawak today (30 June) recorded one Covid-19 death, bringing the death toll to 409. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement, said the 409th death was that of a local 75-year-old man from the Kapit district. “The man passed away at the Kapit Hospital. He was confirmed positive on June 20. “He […]
Three new fatalities recorded
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded three new Covid-19 fatalities today, bringing the number of deaths to 65. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement, said Kuching, Bintulu and Sibu recorded one death respectively. “The state’s 63rd death is case 3,241 who was a 63-year-old local male from the Simunjan district. He was admitted to Sarawak General […]
State records 60 new cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 60 new positive Covid-19 cases today, breaking its four-day streak of seeing daily cases in triple digits. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said 43 of these cases were recorded in Sibu, Miri (10), Kuching (five), and Kanowit (two). “This brings the total number of positive Covid-19 […]
Covid-19 patient falls to death
KOTA KINABALU: A 63-year-old woman who was tested positive for Covid-19 fell to her death from the eighth floor of the Queen Elizabeth I Hospital here on Wednesday evening. District police chief ACP Habibi Majinji said the woman is believed to have fallen through the window of the hospital building at about 9.15pm. “We received […]
More people ignoring SOPs now
BY MUHAMMAD BASIR ROSLAN KUALA LUMPUR: Many Malaysians were taken aback by news reports that 600 pupils of a primary school in Penang were forced to undergo swab tests and quarantine themselves at home after one of their teachers tested positive for Covid-19. The teacher, who is in her 40s, is the wife of a […]
Health director responds to rep’s post
KUCHING: The State Health Department has assured that a person who came into contact with a Covid-19 positive patient would not be considered a case until further investigations have been done. Its director Dr Chin Zin Hing said this in response to Pending assemblywoman Violet Yong Wui Wui’s questions on her Facebook post. On July […]
Dept tracing bus passengers
KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department is tracing close contacts of the recent positive Covid-19 case from Bintulu, including passengers on a Bintang Jaya Express Bus which had travelled from Kuching to Bintulu on March 14. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this case, which had been revealed yesterday, had visited her relatives […]
Positive patients kept from others
KUCHING: Patients who are Covid-19 positive will be kept separate from those still awaiting laboratory test results, assured State Health Department director Dr Chin Zin Hing. He said patients with non-Covid-19 infections who were waiting for their Covid-19 swab test results would be placed in quarantine centres. “However, we will not mix them with Covid-19 […]
