Crowd flocks to city centre during CMCO
MIRI: Crowds were sighted at wet markets in the city centre yesterday after the new set of regulations for the conditional movement control order (CMCO) was announced on Monday. A checked by New Sarawak Tribune yesterday morning found unusual amount of vehicles and people entering the city centre, especially to Jalan Raja here. According to […]
The new morn; the new norm
BY MARIETTE TUNN In the first week of March there was a lot more attention given to a local drama than the coronavirus. When the drama ended that week, all of a sudden on the Friday afternoon, toilet tissues started rolling off the shelves, and triggered an avalanche of all makes of tissue paper, hand […]
SOP for Raya and Gawai soon
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will soon announce the standard operating procedure (SOP) for the coming Hari Raya Puasa and Gawai Dayak. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the committee would evaluate the progress of the fight against Covid-19 prior to setting the SOP. “SDMC is dynamic,” he said at […]
New cluster identified at Taman BDC, Kuching
KUCHING: A new Covid-19 cluster has been identified at Taman BDC here, says Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said the cluster involved 37 cases and was linked to the Sri Petaling Tabligh gathering index cases. “The Taman BDC cluster has mainly infected the family members, mosque-goers and their colleagues involving three generations,” […]
Device to aid social distancing
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The Penang branch of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), in collaboration with the Kulim branch of Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) MSI, has produced a tracking device known as Social Distancing Sensor (SDS). This device is especially useful for the members of the public to maintain the one-metre social distancing from one another as suggested by health […]
Let’s wait for CM, says Uggah
KUCHING: Will Sarawak implement the conditional movement control order (CMCO) announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today? Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said he would have to discuss with Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg first and decide if Sarawak should follow suit. “I have […]
Masing: I am OK with reopening of businesses, but eateries …
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing agrees with the resumption of some economic activities under the conditional movement control order (CMCO), but cautions that the opening of food and beverage outlets in red zones needs to be reviewed carefully, especially in Sarawak. This should not be an issue in […]
S’wak will have own SOPs for businesses to resume: SDMC
KUCHING: Sarawak will determine its own standard operating procedures (SOPs) before deciding to open up its economic sectors via the conditional movement control order (CMCO). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the state government was studying and considering the matter. “Sarawak has to take into account the economy and health (of its people),” it […]
SGH lays out SOPs for wellbeing of frontliners
KUCHING: The Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) has laid out detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) to protect its healthcare workers from Covid-19. State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing said the measures include strengthening infection control practices, enforcing social distancing among the frontliners, screening all patients admitted to the hospital for Covid-19, providing face masks to […]
Vietnam’s tourist sites to reopen during upcoming holiday
HANOI: Several popular tourist sites in Vietnam will reopen for visitors on the National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holiday after the social distancing has been eased, reported Vietnam News Agency (VNA). The management board of the My Son Cultural Site in central Quang Nam province has announced that the site will […]
