161 UiTM students return home
MIRI: One hundred and sixty-one students of Universiti Teknologi Mara Samarahan campus arrived in nine buses at the Miri Police Headquarters at 9.40am yesterday. They underwent a 40-day quarantine at their campus before they were allowed to go back to their respective hometowns. These students were screened for Covid-19 symptoms, said Miri Health Department officer […]
Quarantine — integral before mass travel and gathering
Major investors and tour consortiums should take the opportunity to snap up hotels that have or will be closing down and turn them into quarantine centres with comfortable guest rooms, as this prerequisite will become an integral part of travel in future. This is especially so when a large number of people are heading towards […]
287 students back in S’wak; 26 isolated at point of arrival
KUCHING: The first batch of 287 Sarawakian students from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) arrived here today. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas was present to monitor the students’ arrival and the implementation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs). He said that of the 287 students, 26 would have to be quarantined at […]
Digital tracking wristband for visitors
MIRI: Passengers from Malaya, Sabah and Labuan arriving in Miri will be issued with digital tracking wristband to keep track their movement in order to curb the spread of Covid-19 virus, said Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin. Lee said the tracking device (wristband) would be given upon their arrival at Miri Airport effective […]
All returning Sarawakians must be quarantined
KUCHING: All Sarawakians including students returning from abroad, Malaya, Sabah and Labuan must be quarantined at various designated places. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this was the latest standard operating procedure (SOP) to prevent the spread of Covid-19. He said these Sarawakians would be tested on the tenth day of their […]
SDMC has SOP for returning students
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has its own standard operating procedures (SOPs) to handle students returning from overseas or other Malaysian states to curb the spread of Covid-19. “For those coming from overseas, some will be quarantined in Kuala Lumpur (KL) for 14 days,” said its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas at […]
Sarawakians coming home must undergo quarantine
KUCHING: All Sarawakians returning from Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Labuan have to undergo a 14-day quarantine at designated hotels. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said these groups would be quarantined whenever they arrive at their last destination, either Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu or Miri. “On day seven of the quarantine period, sample of […]
753 PUS at quarantine centres
KUCHING: Forty-one Sarawakians returned from Malaya, Sabah, Labuan and overseas on Saturday. They were immediately whisked off to undergo compulsory 14-day quarantine at designated centres in the state. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee in a daily update on Covid-19 yesterday said the total number of these persons under surveillance (PUS) stood at 753 as of Saturday. […]
Positive Covid-19 pets must be isolated
KUALA LUMPUR: Pets owned by private individuals who have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 must be isolated and quarantined for 14 days for monitoring purposes. Senior lecturer (veterinary immunology) and researcher in pet disease at the Faculty of Veterinary Science in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Dr Farina Mustaffa Kamal, said if these pets displayed any health […]
94 arrivals in Miri quarantined
MIRI: The Disaster Management Committee here confirmed that 94 people had been quarantined in two hotels. Twenty-six of them arrived at Miri Airport from Labuan while 68 had flown in from Kuala Lumpur. “To date, six hotels in Miri have confirmed their willingness to serve as quarantine centres for those from outside Sarawak arriving at […]
