Sarawak DCM: Kuching only district under Covid-19 red zone
BY SULOK TAWIE
He said the Samarahan district joined Tebedu, Lundu, Sibu, Bau, Serian, Bintulu and Limbang districts in the yellow zone category. “With a total of 543 positive cases, only 166 are currently active cases,” Uggah, who is also the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee chairman, said. “On February 25, we banned foreigners from entering the state while Sarawakians returning from overseas had to undergo compulsory 14 days quarantine to prevent imported Covid-19 cases.
Uggah also said SDMC also formed a border security subcommittee led by Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing to tighten the state’s border security.
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