KUCHING: Residents of Taman Desa Ilmu and Taman Uni Garden in Kota Samarahan have been cooperating well with the active case detection programme for Covid-19 being conducted there, said Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos. He said residents in the two residential areas felt more assured with
KUCHING: Local elected representatives want the current situation to be studied first before deciding if further food aid is required during the extended movement control order (MCO) period. Utilities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom, who is also Kemena assemblyman, said the first lot of food aid distribution had
KUCHING: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) will open its counters starting today with only certain transactions allowed. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) agreed with the instructions of JPJ headquarters released on April 27 regarding the opening of their counters. “The operation times will be from 8am to 1pm. The
KUCHING: Sarawak yesterday recorded eight more positive Covid-19 cases including one in Limbang, resulting in the categorisation of the division as a yellow zone. The other new positive Covid-19 cases were from Kuching (4) and Samarahan (3). This brings the total number of positive Covid-19 cases so far in Sarawak
KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department is tracing close contacts of the recent positive Covid-19 case from Bintulu, including passengers on a Bintang Jaya Express Bus which had travelled from Kuching to Bintulu on March 14. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this case, which had been revealed
KUCHING: “Cooperate with the authorities even if you feel well. If you go home, you will pass the virus to their families.” This is Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian’s appeal yesterday to Covid-19 patients who had recovered and were in stepdown. He revealed that
KUCHING: Feedback received from the medical consultant expert team from China on the state’s handling of Covid-19 at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) has been very reassuring, says Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. He said that two of the specialists who visited SGH had commented
KUCHING: Patients who are Covid-19 positive will be kept separate from those still awaiting laboratory test results, assured State Health Department director Dr Chin Zin Hing. He said patients with non-Covid-19 infections who were waiting for their Covid-19 swab test results would be placed in quarantine centres. “However, we will
KUCHING: A local non-governmental organisation (NGO) has expressed concern over difficulties faced by employers in paying their workers’ salaries during the movement control order (MCO) period. Sarawak Community Policing Association (SCPA) chairman Datuk Dr John Lau Pang Heng said in the industrial sector, the most significant overhead was employee’s wages
KUCHING: Sarawak Community Policing Association (SCPA) has recommended for easing of restrictions in Covid-19 green zones so that the state’s economy can start moving forward. Chairman Datuk Dr John Lau Pang Heng however stressed that border controls for inter-district travel would have to be tightened, otherwise those from red zones
