Hotels as quarantine centres not allowed to open
KUCHING: Hotels which have been gazetted as Covid-19 quarantine centres are not allowed to check in new guests as yet unless their status as a quarantine base has been revoked by a gazette notification, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. He said that with effect from May 12, during the […]
Man collared for causing nuisance
KUCHING: A 24-year-old man was arrested for causing public nuisance at a renowned hotel here on Thursday. The man who was undergoing quarantine set alight a hand sanitiser at the hotel’s lobby at 9.15am. Kuching district police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said the incident occurred when the man who behaved oddly, roaming the […]
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 […]
SDMC to evaluate flight frequency as it sees fit
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will evaluate each town’s capacity of hotel rooms for quarantine in determining the frequency of incoming flights. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this in response to Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing who urged the Transport Ministry to increase the frequency of flights […]
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 […]
29 in quarantine centres in Miri
MIRI: Some 29 passengers who arrived at Miri Airport from Labuan yesterday have already been sent to the quarantine centre. They are part of the 42 passengers who arrived from Labuan at Miri Airport — 13 were transit passengers. State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas conveyed the decision that the quarantine […]
New guideline on PUS
KUCHING: The Sarawak government will come out with a new guideline on dealing with returning Sarawakians placed under quarantine at designated hotels in the state. State Disaster Management Committee deputy chairman Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said based on feedbacks, the hotel rooms used for quarantine may not be enough to cater for these Sarawakians […]
Designated hotels off limits to public
MIRI: Seven hotels here used as quarantine centres to accommodate travellers from Kuala Lumpur and Labuan are off limits to the public, said Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah. “These hotels are off limits to the public,” warned Lim when contacted yesterday. On Sunday, a total of 94 persons comprising 68 from Kuala Lumpur […]
285 persons under surveillance so far
KUCHING: A total of 285 Sarawakians had been placed in quarantine centres as person under surveillance (PUS) as of yesterday, according to State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) deputy chairman Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. The number of PUS, namely Sarawakians returning from overseas, the Peninsular, Sabah and Labuan, had increased by 104 since last Sunday. […]
More isolation centres planned
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee is now looking to set up more quarantine centres here. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said the Amiruddin Baki Education Leadership and Management Training Institute and the Inland Revenue Board (LDHN) Academy had been proposed to cope with any eventuality. “In addition, we […]
