Two new clusters in Bintulu
KUCHING: Two new community clusters were declared in Bintulu today (sept 9), namely the Sungai Segan Cluster and Jalan Bintulu-Miri Dua Cluster. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the Sungai Segan Cluster involved residents of a longhouse under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO), located at the area of Sungai Segan, Jalan Ulu Sebauh, […]
State registers nine deaths
KUCHING: Sarawak today (Sept 9) recorded nine new deaths linked to Covid-19, bringing the state’s Covid-19 death toll to 602 cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said five of the fatalities were female patients including one brought-in-dead (BID) case while the other four were male with one BID case. All the deaths involved senior […]
3118 new cases but mostly mild
KUCHING: Another 3,118 positive Covid-19 cases were recorded on Thursday (sept 9), bringing the total number of positive cases in Sarawak to 144,030 thus far. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 3,114 or 99.87 percent of the new cases were diagnosed as Category 1 (no symptoms) and Category 2 (mild symptoms). Only four cases […]
Nation records 19, 307 new cases
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 19,307 Covid-19 new cases were reported in the country today (Sept 9), with Sarawak still recording the highest number of daily cases with 3,118. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah through his Twitter and Facebook posts said the number of new cases had brought the total number to 1,919,774. Selangor […]
No swab for asymptomatic patients
KUCHING: Asymptomatic Covid-19 patients should be discouraged from undergoing swab tests. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing noted that the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) had mentioned in a recent report that 99.85 percent of those who tested positive in Sarawak were in Categories 1 and 2, which were not […]
Limit dine-in customers, food premises told
SIBU: The Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) has ordered all food premises owners to limit the number of their dine-in customers. SMC deputy chairman, Councillor Bujang Zainuddin Abdul Majid, when met on Friday, said, “The implementation of this rule is at the request of the Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC).” He explained that most […]
Miri, Subis and Beluru are now red zones
MIRI: Miri district and two other sub-districts, namely, Subis and Beluru are now red zones. Miri division recorded 95 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday (Sept 4) with Miri district reporting 44 new cases while Subis sub-district 41 new cases and Beluru sub-district six new cases. The Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC, in a statement […]
23 more localities in Sarawak under EMCO
KUCHING: The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) has been imposed at 23 more localities in eight districts in the state. These localities are mostly from the districts of Bintulu, Belaga, Sri Aman, Pakan, Lubok Antu, Pusa, Meradong and Betong. “Rumah Tukau Gurutak at Jalan Bintulu-Tatau, Shophouse Seberkas Jaya and the rented rooms above Chen Jia […]
Increase in number of cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded an increase in the number of cases at 2,723, compared to the previous day (2,464 cases), along with two fatalities today (Sept 4). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said all the cases were under Category 1 and 2. Kuching district accounted for the highest number of cases at 1231; followed by […]
Effectiveness of MCO raises questioned
KUCHING: Although the state has been put under the movement control order (MCO) a number of times since the pandemic hit the country in March last year, the worrying number of Covid-19 cases has made the public wonder about its effectiveness. Logically, the MCO should have decreased the number of cases, but that has not […]
