KUCHING: The Sarawak Rural Water Supply Department (JBALB) will be upgrading the raw water pump motor control centre (MCC) panel at the Bau water treatment plant today. JBALB said the upgrading work would start from 10am to 2pm, and it might cause water supply disruption or low pressure. “We have
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded no new positive Covid-19 cases yesterday for the sixth consecutive days. As such, the total numbers of cases remain at 544 since the first positive case was reported on March 13. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas hoped the trend of no new cases would
KUCHING: Sarawak has taken samples from 33,530 individuals and performed 45,378 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swabs by noon on Monday. State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing said for each individual, more than one swabs were taken. “We took these swabs and did the PCR tests. The positive rate was
KUCHING: The operating hours for economic sectors in the state that are allowed to reopen during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) period from 7am to 10pm remain unchanged. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this following a complaint regarding an eatery in Sibu that was instructed
Then apply for SDMC permission via online KUCHING: Effective today, all Malaysians, including Sarawakians, who wish to enter Sarawak, must first get a permit from the police before getting the permission from the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said without the permit
Mall installs body scanners KUCHING: More malls in the state are installing body scanners for temperature measurement. Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman, Clarence Ting had praised Delta Mall for leading the way to ensure public safety. “This is the first mall in Sibu to install body scanners for its staff
KUCHING: Of the 544 Covid-19 positive cases in Sarawak, 21 cases are imported cases from overseas. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said of the 21, 10 were from Indonesia, four from England, and one each from the Netherlands, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United States, Singapore and
KUCHING: There was an 88 per cent surge in domestic violence cases reported in Sarawak from January to April this year compared to the same corresponding period last year. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the cases increased by 145 cases
KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) will continue to implement the necessary measures during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) period at its local markets and hawker centres for the safety of the public. Its chairman, Lo Khere Chiang said temperature checks and provision of hand sanitisers would continue at three
KUCHING: The whole of Sarawak will turn into green zone if no new Covid-19 case is reported in the next nine days. This was pointed out by Minister of Local Government and Housing, Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian who said the state already had reported no new case for