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KUCHING: Sarawak reported three new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (October 6), bringing the state’s confirmed case count to 721.
Senior Deputy Minister Datuk Amar Dougas Uggah (Photo) it said two were imported cases while the third was classified as local transmission.
He said the first case involved a local man who was tested for Covid-19 upon arrival at Kuching International Airport from Kota Kinabalu on October 2 and tested positive on October 5.
“He is a regular traveler between Kuching and Kota Kinabalu on business and visiting family.
“The case is asymptomatic and has been admitted to Sarawak General Hospital,” he said at the state disaster management committee briefing here Tuesday.
Uggah said the second imported case involved a local woman who flew to Miri from Kuala Lumpur on October 3 and tested positive on October 4.
“She had a fever since October 1 and has been admitted to Miri Hospital. She is also a regular flier, as she works in a private clinic in Petaling Jaya and frequently returns to Sarawak during the holidays,” she said, adding that the Contact tracing for both cases was ongoing.
The third case is that of a local woman who was examined on October 3 as she was a close contact for Case 714 who tested positive on October 2 after returning from service in Sabah.
“Her test result was positive on October 5. She has no history of traveling abroad or to Sabah in the last month,” Uggah said, adding that she had been admitted to Sibu Hospital.
On the contact tracing carried out in Miri and Pa ‘Dalih, Barium for a positive case reported in Selangor on October 1, said that 145 samples were taken and all were negative.
Of the total, 117 samples were taken from Pa ‘Dalih, a Kelabit village in the Bario Highlands, eight from Miri and another 20 from social contacts.
A person from Pa ‘Dalih had tested positive in Selangor before returning to work for an oil and gas company in Iraq. He had visited his family in Pa ‘Dalih and was also in Miri before flying to Kuala Lumpur on September 29.
Uggah thanked the State Department of Health and Fire and Rescue Department for their quick action in going to Pa ‘Dalih to conduct the assessment.
“We also closed the town until the results were released. We are happy that the tests are negative and we are still investigating the source of the infection,” he said.
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