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Flying doctor services dates announced

KUCHING: The State Health Department has announced the dates for the flying doctor service (FDS) in Sri Aman, Sarikei, Sibu, Kapit, Miri, and Limbang Divisions on July 1 to 15. Residents in these areas have been urged to stay at home or in their longhouses to wait for the doctor. For the Sri Aman Division, […]

Agong advises people to stay home

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today advised the public to stay at home and avoid going out if they have no urgent matters, following the implementation of the nationwide movement control order (MCO) from tomorrow to June 7. According to Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara Datuk […]

Those with white wristbands must stay home or face arrest

SIBU: Sibu Jaya residents under home quarantine are reminded not to leave their houses for 14 days. Sibu Division Health Officer Dr Teh Jo Hun said apart from that, they also had to wear white wristbands and wait for further instructions from the Health Ministry (MOH) from time to time during their quarantine. “Those who […]

Individuals with symptoms advised to stay at home

KUCHING: State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing has urged individuals showing signs of Covid-19 symptoms to stay at home to prevent the spread of the infection. “I would like to urge any individual, who has already shown signs of Covid-19 symptoms such as sore throat, loss of sense of taste and smell, but did […]

Sibu’s pandemic situation shows no signs of abating

SIBU: The Covid-19 situation here is showing no signs of abating, with 94 cases reported yesterday. Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Clarence Ting posted on social media that 88 of the cases were related to the Pasai Cluster. He added that authorities were currently focusing on the locations visited by the cases. “I’m sure that […]

No more home surveillance order

KUCHING: Tamin assemblyman Christopher Gira hopes that no more home surveillance order (HSO) will be issued to Sarawakian returnees, especially those that need to undergo home quarantine in the rural areas. He expressed his concern following the newly declared Covid-19 cluster named Pasai Cluster in Sibu involving 38 cases including the index case, Case 1,175, […]

Students can’t wait to resume classes

MUKAH: Most students here are eager to return to school when classes resume today (June 15) after almost four months staying at home due to the movement control order (MCO) enforced since March 18. Form 3 student, Scholastica Lenny, and her friends, Veronica (Form 2), Fellissica Wendy (Form 4) and Raynold Gabriel (Form 1), all […]

Five workers ordered to stay home

KUCHING ENGINEERING COMPANY CLUSTER KUCHING: Arkitek KDI SB said five of its employees, who had contact with a positive Covid-19 case (case 579), went for Covid-19 tests and that their results came back negative. The architect firm, in a statement on Monday, said that on July 7, the employees had contact with a KTA engineer […]

Stay In, Work Out

With the recent implementation of the recovery movement control order (RMCO), gym trainers Deborah Chong and Nolan Chee recalled their days during MCO without the gym. And before gyms reopen on June 15, they both shared about their time away from their fitness haven during the Malaysia lockdown. Keeping fit doesn’t necessarily involve going to […]

‘Celebrate Gawai in confines of your homes’

KUCHING: The Dayak community will be celebrating Gawai on June 1 among their household in their respective homes due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Bung Bratak Heritage Association president Datuk Peter Minos said hopefully by next year when Sarawak is free from coronavirus, the Dayaks can have a bigger and joyous Gawai to make up for […]