Don’t travel to and from Kuching district
KUCHING: Sarawakians are advised not to travel to Kuching district, a Covid-19 red zone, while Kuchingites are also advised not to travel outside the district within these two weeks. Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas gave this advice during a press conference on the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) Covid-19 update at the […]
Kuching turns red again
KUCHING: This city and the district as a whole is now a Covid-19 red zone. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this came after 49 locally transmitted positive cases were detected within the past two weeks. “Thirty-nine other districts remain green,” he said during SDMC’s press conference today. The […]
Schools with positive Covid-19 cases to close for one week
KUALA LUMPUR: Any school with positive Covid-19 cases should be closed for seven days without waiting for the risk analysis from the Health Ministry (MOH), said the Education Ministry (KPM). KPM said this was decided at a special meeting of the National Security Council (MKN) on Covid-19 Management Friday morning (Oct 9) following the rising […]
UiTM postpones face-to-face registration for students from Sabah, red zones
SHAH ALAM: Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) has decided to postpone face-to-face registration of old and new students from Sabah and red zone areas for the upcoming academic session which is scheduled to start next month, following the Covid-19 pandemic. Its vice-chancellor Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Ir Mohd Azraai Kassim said the same directive was also […]
Kuching turns RED
KUCHING: The district of Kuching has been declared a red zone after 53 Covid-19 cases have been detected within the past two weeks. State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the increase in numbers came following the detection of 16 locally transmitted cases here yesterday. “Serian District has changed its status […]
Kuching on the edge
RED ZONE KUCHING: Kuching District is on the edge of red zone status in light of the increased number of positive Covid-19 cases reported by the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). However, the committee in a statement today informed that Kuching was still a yellow zone as it had only recorded 39 local infection cases […]
Three states, two red zones record zero active cases
KUALA LUMPUR: Three states – Perlis, Kedah and Kelantan – showed encouraging development with zero or no active cases recorded over 24 hours until noon yesterday, according to the Health Ministry’s (MOH) Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC). Based on the CPRC’s infographic, which is shared through MOH’s official social media today, two red zone […]
Red zone down to 12, Green zone up to 77 districts
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of Covid-19 red zones, which is for districts recording less than 40 active cases, has dropped to 12 as at noon yesterday, according to the Health Ministry’s (MOH) Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC). Based on the CPRC’s infographic, which is shared through MOH’s official social media today, the number of green zones […]
26 districts still Covid-19 red zones
KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty-six districts remain as Covid-19 red zone areas in the country with the number of positive cases in Lembah Pantai recording an increase of nearly 500, according to the Health Ministry’s (MOH) Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC). Based on the CPRC’s infographic, which is shared through MOH’s official social media today, a total […]
Increasing red zones among factors for MCO extension
KUALA LUMPUR: The government’s announcement on the extension of the movement control order (MCO) means that Malaysia is now entering Phase 3 under the directive. Although netizens through some online polls agree that the MCO needs to be extended, do the people as a whole understand the importance of the MCO and why should the order continue? The graph curves […]
