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KUCHING: The Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has decided to extend the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in Kuching district until Thursday (November 27).
Sarawak SDMC Acting Chairman Tan Sri Dr. James Jemut Masing said the decision was made at today’s meeting as 58 cases of Covid-19 were still reported in Kuching in the past 14 days.
“Infections are not concentrated in certain areas and as such, after risk assessment, the CMCO in Kuching district runs until November 27,” he said at the daily press conference on Covid-19 here, today.
The entry procedure and the 14-day quarantine upon entering Sarawak have also been extended until further notice.
Masing said that movement in and out of the Kuching district was also prohibited, except for official business and labor purposes, showing permission letters or work passes from employers, while emergency cases must request a permit from the police.
Masing, who is also Senior Deputy Minister of Sarawak, said nurseries and kindergartens in the red and yellow zones can operate subject to standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued by the Ministry of Welfare, Community Welfare, Women, Family and Development. State child. .
Operators, he said, will be fully responsible for compliance with the SOPs and will inform the ministry prior to commercial opening for recording and monitoring purposes.
Meanwhile, the number of passengers in a private vehicle is in accordance with the vehicle’s capacity and is no longer limited to just three people, he added.
According to Masing, the state government would continue to bear the cost of quarantine for the inhabitants of Sarawak, while their spouses, who are not citizens of Sarawak, would have to pay themselves. – Called
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