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Muhyiddin tests positive for COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR: National Recovery Council chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Wednesday confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19 after undergoing a Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (rT-PCR) test. In his Facebook post, the former prime minister said he would undergo self-quarantine at home in accordance with the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) protocols. “Alhamdulillah, I only […]

Go for swab test, don’t wait for directives

KUCHING: Members of the public who have close contact with Covid-19 positive cases are encouraged to take the initiative to go for swab test instead of waiting for directives from the Ministry of Health (MoH). Normah Medical Specialist Centre (NMSC) nursing officer and Infection Control nurse Siti Farizan Bali said they should also comply with […]

Go to helplines if you are quarantine-stressed

KUCHING: Those under quarantine at the designated centres in the state can call the government or non-governmental organisation’s (NGO) Covid-19 support helplines if they feel they cannot cope with being quarantined. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this in response to a post that had gone viral […]

Fatimah speaks from her self-home quarantine

BY COLINNA RADANG Our journalist recently had the opportunity to interview Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah to share her thoughts on the problems and solutions in dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak. Question: You have been instructed to undergo self-home quarantine after you happened to be involved with […]

Self-quarantine over for Tasik Biru assemblyman

KUCHING: Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Henry Harry Jinep completed his 14-day self-quarantine at his home yesterday. He tested negative for Covid-19 but was ordered to undergo the 14-day quarantine since April 3. “It has been quite an experience and great moment of personal reflection and recollection. But the war is not over yet,” he wrote […]

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 […]

Awang Tengah on 14-day self-quarantine

KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan is currently observing a self-quarantine after coming into contact with a Covid-19 patient about a week ago. This was confirmed by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who is also the state Disaster Management Committee chairman, during his daily update of the Covid-19 […]

Holding to smart devices during MCO

I don’t believe in curfews, because you can’t treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of trust. – Phil Jackson, American former professional basketball player and coach We have spent tremendous time and effort trying to put down our devices. All of that seems so long ago now. Today, we watch […]

King, Queen in self-quarantine

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah are observing a 14-day self-quarantine after seven of Istana Negara staff were tested positive for Covid-19. Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, in a statement, said Their Majesties had also […]

Britain’s Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus

PRINCE Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus, his household said. Charles, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth, is 71 years old. “The Prince of Wales has tested positive for Coronavirus,” Clarence House said in a statement. “He has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health and has […]