SIBU: Members of the public can go to any police station nearest to them to get the inter-district travel permit, says Sibu district police chief, ACP.
KUCHING: Sarawak reported 146 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (Jan 12), the second consecutive day of a triple-digit increase which takes the state s tally of confirmed cases to 1,574.
The state disaster management committee said 92 cases were reported in Sibu, 20 in Sebauh, 12 in Kanowit, 11 in Miri, three each in Beluru and Kuching, two in Dalat and one each in Saratok, Bintulu and Limbang.
It said 111 of the cases were linked to the Pasai cluster, which stemmed from a funeral at Rumah Langi longhouse at Pasai Siong, Sibu, on Dec 29-31.
The Pasai cluster now has 194 infections from 1,243 individuals screened so far, while 800 tested negative and 249 are still awaiting results.
Monday, 11 Jan 2021 07:55 PM MYT
BY SULOK TAWIE
SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah speaks to reporters in Kuching July 24, 2020. Picture courtesy of Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas)
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KUCHING, Jan 11 The conditional movement control order (CMCO) will be implemented in Kuching, Sibu and Miri following a steep spike in the number of Covid-19 positive cases today.
Miri registered 94 cases out of the 153 reported today, while the districts of Sibu registered 25, Dalat (17), Kuching (13), Sri Aman (2), Selangau (1) dan Beluru (1), bringing the total number of positive cases to 1,428 in the state.
Kuching, Sibu and Miri to be placed under conditional MCO
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COVID-19 | Kuching, Sibu and Miri in Sarawak will be placed under a conditional movement control order (MCO) for two weeks starting at midnight on Jan 13, Deputy Chief Minister Douglas Unggah Embas announced today.
This came after the state registered a record high of 153 new infections as of this afternoon.
He said the decision was made after a discussion with Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg. All along we have advised people to be careful. We saw that many forgot this during the Christmas and New Year period, where they held ceremonies and funerals, which (resulted in) the Pasai Siong cluster, Douglas lamented.
10 Jan 2021 / 13:15 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
SIBU: Claims that residents of Rumah Langi, one of the eight longhouses in Pasai Siong here, that have been placed under lockdown, are undergoing quarantine at Dewan Suarah Sibu as depicted in photographs that have gone viral on social media, are not true.
Sarawak Housing and Public Health Assistant Minister Dr Annuar Rapaee said so far, only residents who have tested positive for Covid-19, are admitted to the Sibu Hospital, while others have been ordered to undergo home-quarantine.
“So far, no one has been placed at the quarantine centre,” he said when contacted by Bernama.