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Superintendent Collin Babat
SIBU (Dec 17): Four Indonesian women who were confirmed Covid-19 positive here on Wednesday were found to have returned to Kalimantan, said Sibu Deputy Chief of Police Superintendent Collin Babat.
He said the women had boarded a bus from Sibu to Entikong via Serian at 1pm on Wednesday and that the police had tried to contact the women but were unsuccessful.
“Today at 1.07 pm, one of them contacted a woman who brought them in for the swab tests and informed her that they were now in Entikong. The Indonesian woman was using a foreign number when she called the woman.
“She told him that they went looking for someone in Serian and then continued their journey on foot through the jungle to get to Entikong,” Collin said.
Collin said a health officer had informed police at 9.19 p.m. Wednesday that all four women tested positive after swabs at a private medical facility.
Based on his research, Collin said the women were sent to the medical center on Dec. 6 by their 38-year-old local contact for their first swab for work purposes.
He said that on December 15, the four contacted their local contact to collect their test results and conduct their second evaluation.
Collin said the local contact has since been ordered by the health ministry to undergo a 14-day quarantine at a quarantine center in Kemuyang.
The State Disaster Management Committee, in a statement today, confirmed that the four women were among nine new cases in the state today.
He said the women were asymptomatic and classified as imported cases, adding that contact tracing was underway.
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