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Face masks indoors: Unrealistic to reintroduce compounds

KUCHING: Unrealistic! This is the view of an academic who says education and raising public awareness on the need to wear facemasks in enclosed areas are more effective than reintroducing compounds for failing to follow the standard operating procedures (SOPs).  Associate Professor Dr Helmy Hazmi, of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Studies, Universiti Malaysia […]

Not the time to ignore SOPs

SIBU: Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has reminded people on the need to continue observing standard operating procedures (SOP). “Even though we are in the endemic phase we cannot ignore the SOPs,” he said at a frontliners appreciation dinner on Friday. “Do not forget to remind all patients or the community who come […]

Three hauled up by cops in city swoop

KUCHING: Police here arrested three individuals in an integrated crime prevention and standard operating procedure (SOP) monitoring operation over the weekend. The operation involving 13 officers and 67 personnel from various divisions of Kuching police headquarters (IPD), was held from 10pm on Apr 16 to 3.30am on Apr 17. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah in […]

Failure to register main SOP violation

KUCHING: Failure to register via the MySejahtera application when entering a premises, remained the most common standard operating procedure (SOP) violation last week. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah said 64 compound notices were issued by the district’s SOP Compliance team from Feb 18 to 24. Of the figure, 40 men and 16 women were issued […]

State records 309 cases today

KUCHING: Sarawak’s COVID-19 cases are down by 77 with 309 cases recorded today, compared to Saturday’s 386 cases. This brings the total number of cases in the state to 256,377. In its daily update, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said there were two category 5 patients (infected with lung infection and required ventilators). It […]

Cases decline again after going up briefly

KUCHING: Sarawak’s Covid-19 cases are slowly declining after logging in 186 cases on Saturday (Feb 12), which was better than Friday’s 214. This took the total number of cases to 254,026. In its daily update, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said three patients with lung infection were placed under Category 3. Aside from that, […]

SDMC: One Category 5 patient on ventilator support

KUCHING: Sarawak’s Covid-19 cases continues to log in triple-digit figures, with 214 cases recorded on Friday (Feb 11), which is still better than Thursday’s number of 226. This brings the total number of cases in the state to 253,840. In its daily update, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said only one patient — Category […]

Upward trend on Sarawak’s Covid-19 cases

KUCHING: An upward trend in Sarawak’s Covid-19 cases continued with 84 new cases recorded on Monday (Feb 7) compared to 58 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 253,087. In its daily update the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) however said only one case was classified under Category 3 (lung infection). A […]

Mayor vows to get tough with errant contractors

KUCHING: Mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng has vowed to throw the book at contractors who fail to complete projects on schedule or do not comply with the set Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). “The implementation of a planned project is for the convenience of the people so it should be completed perfectly and according to schedule. […]

Sarawak records 22 new cases

KUCHING: Twenty-two new Covid-19 cases were reported in Sarawak with 252, 498 cumulative cases statewide, disclosed the Sarawak Disaster and Management Committee in its press statement here on Sunday (Jan 9). The committee said six cases were reported in Lawas while five were reported in Sibu. Meanwhile, Bintulu and Limbang reported two cases each while […]