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1,418 new cases in Sarawak

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 1,418 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday (Oct 3), pushing the cumulative number of cases to 215,576. According to the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), 1,407 or 99.22 percent are Category 1 and 2 cases while 11 or 0.78 percent are Category 3, 4 and 5 cases. “For Category 1 (no symptoms), there […]

Slight decrease in cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 2,707 Covid-19 cases on Sunday (Sept 19), a slight decrease in comparison to the previous day’s 2,929 cases.  The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said of the total number of cases, 2,700 or 99.74 percent were in Category 1 and 2, while seven cases or 0.26 percent were in Category 3, 4 […]

Increased active contact tracing result in backlog, high number of cases

KUCHING: Sarawak has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases at 5,291 on Sunday (Sept 12), bringing the number of cumulative cases to 156,798. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said that the high number of cases was due to the increase in active contact tracing activities throughout Sarawak, especially in localities […]

PUI, PUS and close contacts — do not turn up at PPVs

KUALA LUMPUR: Prospective vaccine recipients with the status of person under investigation (PUI), person under surveillance (PUS) or close contacts of Covid-19 patients are not allowed to turn up at vaccination centres (PPVs). National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, said that thus far they had found that several individuals with such status were […]

15 PUS in Mukah get food baskets

MUKAH: The Dalat Service Centre distributed food baskets to 15 persons-under-surveillance (PUS) at the Kingwood Resort quarantine centre, 15km from town, on Thursday (Feb 18). Parti Pesaka Bumipuetra Bersatu (PBB) Dalat Women head Hatiah Spawi handed over the contributions. She reminded all PUS, who are from Dalat, to always adhere to the instructions given by […]

Hotels urged to open as quarantine centres

SIBU: Three more hotels here have agreed in principle to use their premises as quarantine centres for Covid-19 persons-under-surveillance (PUS). These hoteliers came to an agreement after a dialogue session organised by Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Bawang Assan chairman Senator Robert Lau and Sarawak Central Region Hotels Association at Tanah Mas Hotel today. The […]

No new Covid-19 case in Sarawak

KUCHING: There is no new positive Covid-19 case in the state today, with the total number of cases remaining at 549. A statement from the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said there is also no new case of recovery and discharge from hospitals. “Thus far, the total number of positive Covid-19 cases which have recovered […]

Go to helplines if you are quarantine-stressed

KUCHING: Those under quarantine at the designated centres in the state can call the government or non-governmental organisation’s (NGO) Covid-19 support helplines if they feel they cannot cope with being quarantined. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this in response to a post that had gone viral […]

Sibu hotel denies viral message on sick students on its premises

SIBU: Premier Hotel Sibu which is one of the hotels designated as a quarantine centre here for returning students yesterday rubbished a claim made over social media that some of the 98 students who were placed at the hotel as persons under surveillance (PUS) were sick. Its sales manager Tony Hii told Bernama that the claim also alleged […]

Wristband way of fighting Covid-19

BINTULU: Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) in collaboration with Orion Social Media (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd developed an E-Health declaration and digital surveillance system to accelerate data collection of passengers at the Kuching International Airport (KIA) entrance. Bintulu Resident Jack Aman Luat said the system was applicable to all foreign and domestic passengers coming to Sarawak via […]