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KUCHING (December 17): Sarawak’s four-day streak of zero Covid-19 cases ended today, after nine new cases were detected, bringing the total number of infections in the state to 1,084 cases.
The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in its daily update statement, said that eight of these new cases were classified as imported cases, while the remaining case was a local transmission.
“Of these nine new cases, six were detected in Sibu, two in Kuching and one in Sri Aman,” SDMC announced.
The case of local transmission was detected in Sibu after a local man underwent a Covid-19 test swab to return to work in Papua New Guinea. He tested positive for the virus on December 16, the same day he was tested.
The case is currently asymptomatic and has been admitted to the isolation ward at Sibu Hospital for further treatment.
SDMC said that four import cases detected in Sibu involved Indonesians, who recently returned to work and underwent a Covid-19 test at a private health facility on December 6.
SDMC said its first screening results came back negative on December 6, but its second screening results on December 15 tested positive for Covid-19 on December 16.
He added that all these cases were asymptomatic.
SDMC said another import case detected in Sibu involved a local man, who recently returned from Johor, a high-risk area.
“The case entered Sarawak through the Sibu airport on December 6. The first test result of the case at the airport was negative, but the second examination on December 15 found the case to be positive for Covid-19.
“The case experienced a cough and a sore throat on December 14 and was referred to Sibu Hospital for treatment,” he said.
In Kuching, SDMC said one of the two new cases involved a local man, who recently returned from Pahang, a high-risk area.
The case was said to have entered through Kuching International Airport on December 6 and the first test on the same day came back negative for Covid-19.
SDMC said the second evaluation of the case on December 16 came back positive for the virus. The case is asymptomatic and has been admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) for treatment.
“Another case detected in Kuching involved an Indonesian man, who underwent an examination on December 16. The result was positive the same day. The case is asymptomatic and has been referred to SGH for treatment.
According to initial investigations, the case is an illegal worker, who was detained by the Immigration Department while on his way from Sungai Skrang to Serian. The case did not have any official document with it, “added SDMC.
SDMC added that the only case in Sri Aman involved an Indonesian, who had been detained by the Immigration Department.
The case was tested for Covid-19 on December 15 and tested positive for the virus on the same day.
Based on initial investigations, SDMC said the case had a valid social visiting pass, but the case is under ongoing investigation.
SDMC added that contact tracing is underway for all of these new cases.
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