Aid distributed to Kampung Tringgus
KUCHING: Hope Place recently visited Kampung Tringgus, Bau to distribute emergency assistance to villagers who are currently placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). A total of 183 families from three sub-villages in Kampung Tringgus received the aid. The sub-villages are Kampung Tringgus Bong with 76 families, Kampung Tringgus Rabak Rotan (65) and Kampung […]
Zone 10 villages on high alert
SIBU: More active case detection (ACD) will be conducted at Kampung Hilir. This was confirmed by the coordinator of the divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) Dr Annuar Rapaee today. The assistant minister of Local Government and Housing said the ACD will be implemented on a large scale in Kampung Hilir following 25 Covid-19 positive cases […]
Three new clusters emerge in state
KUCHING: The State Health Department has identified three new Covid-19 clusters, namely Nanga Bulo Cluster, Kampung Hilir Cluster and Jalan Sanyan Cluster in Sarawak. The Nanga Bulo Cluster is a community cluster involving three longhouses in Nanga Bulo, Entabai in Julau district. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) today said the index case for this cluster […]
Three deaths, 183 new cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded three deaths due to Covid-19 and 183 new cases today. The latest cases bring the state’s tally to 12,855 while the death toll has increased to 94. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 92th death was Case 7,674, a 72-year-old local man, who was admitted to Sibu Hospital for fever, coughing, […]
Pandemic’s fourth wave: Two separate virus variants in Sarawak
KUCHING: There are at least two separate variants of SARS-COV-2 circulating in Sarawak during this current fourth wave of the pandemic. This has been shown by the investigations done by the Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) pertaining to the virus genetic code from different infected individuals thus far. IHCM […]
Sarawak records 222 new cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 222 new positive Covid-19 cases today, bringing the state’s tally to 12,273. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 57 of these cases were recorded in Miri District, Sibu (38), Kuching (29), Bintulu (25), Betong (12), Meradong (12), Julau (10), Subis (nine), Kapit (seven), Song (seven), Samarahan (four), Saratok (two), Serian (two), […]
173 new cases, 203 recoveries
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 173 Covid-19 positive cases today bringing the state’s tally to 12,051. Of the total, 71 were reported in Sibu, Miri (19), Bintulu (16), Kuching (15), Meradong (10), Serian (nine), Julau (seven) Kapit and Tanjung Manis — five each, Betong (three), Belaga, Mukah, Sri Aman, Subis and Telang Usan — two each, while […]
CMCO in Sarawak extended until March 29
KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has decided to extend the implementation of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) in the state. This will be from 12.01am on March 16 until 11.59pm on March 29. SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the extension was necessary since the number of positive cases in the […]
Ministry mulls second round ACD in Sentosa, Permai
SIBU: The Ministry of Health (MoH) plans to conduct a second round of active case detection (ACD) in Sentosa and Permai zones here. This follows a spike in Covid-19 cases in the two areas. State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing said it has yet to be finalised when the ACD will be carried out. […]
State’s Covid-19 cases now at 11,878 with 168 new cases today
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 168 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday (March 11), bringing the total number to 11,878. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said of the total, only 13 people or 7.74 per cent showed symptoms of the coronavirus when screened. “Sibu District recorded 49 cases followed by Bintulu (37), Miri (19), Betong (19), Kuching (12), […]
