UiTM receives RM10,000 from Bank Rakyat
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Sarawak yesterday received a contribution of RM10,000 from Bank Rakyat Kota Samarahan branch. According to Bank Rakyat Kota Samarahan branch manager Halmi Mosli, the contribution was made as part of Bank Rakyat’s effort to assist students and staff of UiTM Sarawak who are affected by the movement control order […]
Residents appreciative of house-to-house checks
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Residents of Desa Ilmu and Uni Garden here are in fact appreciative that the Health Department is now doing house-to-house coronavirus checking, said Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos. He said many here actually said that it was good that the Health Department is doing this because the two housing […]
Walikota wants a ‘green’ Kota Samarahan
KUCHING: Kota Samarahan’s Red Zone label has been blamed on “the few”, especially those early ones who were Covid-19 positive, for having brought the virus to the district. “This group should have been mindful of others in the district,” said Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) walikota, Datuk Peter Minos, without naming the culprits. “It’s most […]
Active case detection ops
Not enhanced MCO, clarifies Uggah KUCHING: The four-day Active Case Detection (ACD) operations carried out in residential areas in Taman Uni Garden and Taman Desa Ilmu in Kota Samarahan until April 30 is not enhanced movement control order (EMCO). Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said it was not EMCO but to limit […]
Active contact tracing in Kota Samarahan starts tomorrow
KUCHING: The Sarawak State Health Department will carry out active contract tracing in Kota Samarahan beginning tomorrow until April 30 to identify close contacts of Covid-19 cases there. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said active contact tracing will be done at Taman Desa Ilmu and Taman Uni Garden. “Through this method, called targeted MCO (movement control order), […]
Council lauds MCO extension
KUCHING: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) welcomes the government’s decision to extend the movement control order (MCO) until May 12. “Given that Covid-19 deaths and infections are still a daily occurrence, there is no other choice except to extend the MCO as there is no vaccine available yet,” chairman Datuk Peter Minos said. He said […]
Two more Covid-19 drive-through screening centres
KUCHING: Sarawak has set up two more Covid-19 drive-through screening centres to increase its testing capacity, particularly in red zones, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. Uggah, who is also Sarawak Disaster Management Committee chairman, said the two new screening centres are in Kota Samarahan and at the Petra Jaya Health Clinic here. “The drive-through screening […]
MPKS to step up measures
KUCHING: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) will be stepping up precautionary measures in light of the area being declared as a Covid-19 red zone yesterday, with 42 cases as of Tuesday. MPKS chairman Datuk Peter Minos said the council would continue to implement the usual procedures but in an intensified manner, including guiding and supervising […]
Kota Samarahan, Sepang are red zones
KUALA LUMPUR: Two more areas are categorised as Covid-19 red zones, bringing the total number of red zones to 23, according to the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC). According to statistics posted on MOH’s Twitter today, the latest locations involved Sepang district in Selangor with 46 cases and Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, with 42 cases […]
Roadshow participants urged to come forward
KUCHING: Those who attended the Sarawak Islamic Council’s Wawasan Ummah Gemilang roadshow at Dewan Suarah, Kota Samarahan on March 10 are urged to be assessed and tested for Covid-19. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian shared a notice from the Samarahan Divisional Health Office on its Facebook page which called on […]