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KOTA KINABALU: Three more locations in Sabah will be placed under an Enhanced Movement Control (MCO) order from October 30 to November 12, while Sri Gaya’s new group has been tied to a marriage ceremony, says Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun.
The minister in charge of Covid-19 affairs in Sabah said that Sri Gaya’s group here has 11 cases registered as of October 28.
“I was made to understand that this broadcast occurred due to the gathering of families during a nikah (wedding) event,” he said during the daily press conference on Covid-19 here on Wednesday (October 28).
The state recorded 546 new cases and seven deaths on Wednesday.
The seven deaths comprise two each in Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan, as well as one in Lahad Datu, Putatan, and Semporna, respectively.
For the new localities under improved OLS, he said they are Kg Pengaraban, Kg Tg Kapor and Kg Landung Ayang in Kudat district.
There are four new cases in Kudat, while the accumulated cases for the district are 244.
Masidi said that in Sabah, the district with the highest number of new cases remains Kota Kinabalu (159 cases, two deaths), where the Kepayan prison group contributed the most.
“The 2,701 inmates at Kepayan Prison have been tested and more than 60% (1,652) tested positive for Covid-19,” he said, adding that active cases in Kota Kinabalu are 2,909.
He said they suspect that the inmate who first tested positive for the virus, a requirement for him to be admitted to the hospital for another illness, had contracted Covid-19 from outside the prison.
Masidi, however, said authorities are still trying to determine whether he was infected before or after his incarceration.
“A prisoner will first be tested for the virus before he is allowed to be incarcerated. For those who test positive, we will decide where to place them accordingly,” he said.
On related matters, he said the state would continue to request additional health care personnel from Peninsular Malaysia or seek volunteers to help if necessary.
“Until now, we have been getting help from doctors and nurses from other parts of the country, but there is also a growing increase in cases in some states, so they need it too,” Masidi said.
He said there was no need to worry about the lack of beds for Covid-19 treatment, as more than 40% of the total number of beds remained as of October 28.
He said there are no plans yet to open field hospitals like the one in Tawau, despite the growing number of cases in the city and other parts of Sabah.
“A total of 3,796 Covid-19 patients are still receiving treatment at 35 Covid-19 treatment centers, including nine hospitals across the state,” Masidi said.
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