Updated 2021 SOPs for MCO in Sabah, new CMCO in Sarawak Details Published: 18 January 2021
Sarawak will undergo a round of CMCO starting today (18 January), up till 31 January 2021 following an increase in COVID-19 cases. This will apply to all districts except the Sibu division.
Malaysia s National Security Council has released a set of SOPs for the Movement Control Order (MCO, or PKP) in Sabah, as well as SOPs for the Conditional MCO (CMCO, or PKPB), dated 17 January 2021. These include details on essential services, instructions on meetings and MICE-related activities, and more, shared below.
Extract 1: SOPs on the MCO in Sabah
Applicable to: The entire State of Sabah, except in localities where the Enhanced MCO (EMCO, or PKPD) is still enforced.
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah remains on high alert for flooding on Monday (Jan 18) after a weekend of heavy rain caused damage to roads, property and crops as well as flooding and landslides in nine districts.
A total of 691 people from 203 families in 223 villages remain at 15 relief centres at the affected districts even as flooding shows signs of receding.
However, water levels have risen again at some of the nine districts, with rain expected to continue until Tuesday (Jan 19).
As of last Sunday (Jan 17), the Sabah Disaster Management Committee said that there were 26 roads affected, including 10 roads affected by landslides.
It added that many of the roads are in the Penampang district, which is the worst-hit, and there were landslides along the main roads on the Crocker Range linking the state capital with the interior regions of Sabah.
Getting ready: A man setting up one of 1,400 beds in Hall D1 for Covid-19 patients at MAEPS in Serdang, Selangor. AZLINA ABDULLAH/The Star
PETALING JAYA: Private hospitals have treated Covid-19 patients before, but the practice was to send them to government hospitals once beds became available there, says the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) president Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh.
As such, private hospitals were ready and ironing out details with the government to determine how many patients a private hospital could take and which would be able to treat the disease up to Category 5, he said.
Category 1 are positive cases with no symptoms, Category 2 are positive cases with mild symptoms, Category 3 are positive cases with pneumonia, Category 4 are those with inflammation in the lungs and require oxygen, and Category 5 are those admitted to hospital in the late stages and require ventilator support.
Budget allocates ₹69 crore for the purpose
The Fire and Rescue Services Department is elated over the retention of the same budgetary allocation of ₹69 crore for its modernisation as in the previous budget.
It is being perceived as largesse on the part of the government to be considerate to the needs of the department despite financial constrains in the wake of the pandemic.
Senior department sources said the allocation would go a long way in going ahead with modernisation proposals like replacement of the old fleet of vehicles with technically advanced ones. “We have prioritised our proposals like purchase of turntable ladders for firefighting in high-rises. First response vehicles, the first to rush to the scene in the event of an emergency, and new water tenders and water lorries are also on the priority list,” sources said.
Strong waves triggered by high tides are causing sleepless nights to coastal folks in the State as at least two houses in Kudat collapsed while another two in Kg Tanjung Aru Tengah, here, almost collapsed on Wednesday.
Several water villages in Sandakan were also affected by tidal waves but no untoward incidents were reported.
According to the State Civil Defence Force Thursday, some 712 people from 172 villages in low-lying areas in six districts were affected by the high tide phenomenon and flash floods