PBB Youth chief under 14-day quarantine
KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth chief Gerald Rentap Jabu is now under 14-day self-quarantine at home after he attended a meeting with a recently diagnosed Covid-19 positive person. He said he was among those who attended the meeting with Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan on March 27, and one […]
Have a speedy recovery
KUCHING: News that some State ministers and frontliners have been infected with Covid-19 virus and undergoing quarantine is saddening, said political observer Datuk Peter Minos. “These personalities have been attending meetings and moving around because they are doing their best in helping us to fight this crisis. “We salute them and respect their hard work […]
Police employ special system to monitor individuals under quarantine
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have employed a special system to monitor individuals under 14 days of home quarantine following their return to the country from overseas. Without disclosing the details of the system, Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said it allows the force to detect the movements of errant individuals who leave their homes in […]
Create quarantine standards
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee has instructed the State Health Department to come up with quarantine standards to ensure that Covid-19 quarantine centres are safe. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, said there were guidelines that needed to be complied with before people could be moved into quarantine centres in the state. […]
Quarantine before going offshore
KUCHING: It is mandatory for all offshore oil and gas workers to undergo a 14-day quarantine order before heading for the sea. This is the latest directive by the State Disaster Management Committee to contain the spread of Covid-19. “There are offshore workers from Labuan or Kuala Lumpur. Before they go offshore, they must be […]
Plantation workers tested negative still quarantined
KUCHING: Twenty Indonesian oil palm plantation workers, quarantined earlier in the week, have tested negative for the Covid-19 virus. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas confirmed this at a press conference held at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here on Friday. “All the samples were negative, but they are still kept in […]
Digital technology to monitor those in quarantine
BY DARYLL LAW & NATASHA JEE KUCHING: Sarawak unleashed its surveillance technology to combat Covid-19, in its efforts to stem the spread of the virus. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the adoption of the digital method by the Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) is to assist the State Disaster Management Committee. Uggah, […]
Three people test positive
KUCHING: Sarawak has recorded its first Covid-19 cases, with three persons testing positive for the virus. State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the first and second cases are from the cluster who attended the Ijtimak (religious gathering) at Sri Petaling Mosque in Selangor from Feb 28 to March 1 recently, […]
It’s humiliating
China’s virus controls raise hackles BEIJING: An elderly man in virus-hit China pops out to use a public toilet without wearing a compulsory face mask. The next thing he knows, police are ordering him into a van to be taken into quarantine. A video of the incident in the northern province of Hebei has been […]
Indonesia to deploy people infected with Covid-19 to uninhabited island
MOSCOW: The Indonesian government is going to use a former camp for Vietnamese refugees on the uninhabited island of Galang, the Riau Islands, to treat those infected with the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Indonesian media reported on Thursday. Earlier this week, Indonesia confirmed the first two cases of Covid-19 in the country. Several facilities of the […]
