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Lawas turns green amid surge in cases

KUCHING: Despite Sarawak recording a surge in the number of Covid-19 positive cases, Lawas district on Sunday (April 18) brought good news as it turned from a yellow zone to a green zone. The district did not report any new local infection cases in the last 14 days. “This brings the total number of green […]

Send extra vaccine supplies to Sarawak immediately

KUCHING: The federal government and the Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) have been urged to ensure immediate extra supplies of vaccine to Sarawak in view of the spike in Covid-19 cases in the state. Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii said this was in line with the government’s vaccine “ring strategy” announced by […]

SDMC investigating spike in Sri Aman Central Prison outbreak

KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is investigating the cause of the sudden spike of positive cases in Sri Aman Central Prison. Its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the prison recorded 159 new cases on Sunday (Apr 4), followed by the announcement of a new cluster — Tembok Cluster. He noted that […]

Spike in cases worries association

KUCHING: Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) is concerned over the spike in Covid-19 cases from the Bukit Semuja Immigration Depot in Serian. It urges the relevant authority to request all detention centres to observe the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to combat the spread of Covid-19. SPA chairman Datuk Dr John Lau Pang Heng said that it […]

Abang Johari to check on Simuja detention depot

KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said that he will see for himself the situation at Semuja Immigration Detention Depot in Serian. This followed the occurrence of three-digit positive cases reported at the depot which contributed to the spike of cases in the state. “I will visit Semuja. It seems that there […]

69 new cases statewide

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 69 new positive Covid-19 cases today, bringing the total number of cases in the state thus far to 2,049. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said these cases comprised 30 from Sibu, Kuching (10), Bintulu (nine), Kanowit (five), Miri (four), two each in Meradong, Asajaya and Selangau, and […]

Dalat postpones public activities

DALAT: All activities that involve large crowds in the Dalat area have been temporarily suspended starting from Monday. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this in her statement today. “We are taking this action due to the rapid increase in Covid-19 cases, which affected 17 residents of […]

CMCO will affect businesses

KUCHING: The Federation of Kuching, Samarahan and Serian Divisions Chinese Associations president Datuk Richard Wee hopes that the business community will be able to fine-tune their practices in alignment with the conditional movement control order (CMCO). “There will definitely be an impact on businesses and the economy as many people will refrain from dining out […]

Put Sarawak under total lockdown: PBK

KUCHING: Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) views that Sarawak should be placed under total lockdown with the only exception of allowing people to buy food and other necessities in order to stop the Covid-19 spread once and for all. Its president Voon Lee Shan said he was concerned that the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee’s (SDMC) decision […]

Abang Johari cancels all programmes for the week

BY CLEMENT ERIK WONG KUCHING: Amidst Covid-19 fourth wave in the state, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg is also playing his part to prevent the spread of the virus. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman cum Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said on the advice of the committee, the […]