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KUCHING: The Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) will be enforced in Kampung Haji Baki here starting tomorrow at 6pm until November 11, Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) chairman Datuk said today Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
He said EMCO was needed as 25 positive Covid-19 cases had already been detected in the village since October 18.
“Since the cluster’s index case was reported, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) had conducted contact tracing and Active Case Detection on October 25. The 25 cases involved relatives of the index case, close neighbors, students, and health personnel, “he said at a daily press conference on the development of Covid-19 here.
Uggah, who is also Senior Deputy Minister 1 of Sarawak, said the measure would involve 530 houses with 4,200 residents from Block A, B and C of Kampung Haji Baki.
“All surau, mosques, other places of worship and schools in the affected area will be closed during this period and not all economic sectors will be allowed to operate,” he added.
Uggah said that religious, social, recreational, cultural and sports activities were also not allowed and that the Ministry of Health would carry out specific examinations on affected residents, while the state government would distribute food.
Meanwhile, commenting on the collision of the MV Dayang Topaz vessel with an offshore oil rig in the waters off Kuala Baram this morning, Uggah said that the Miri JPBN has been instructed to conduct a Covid-19 detection on the entire crew. involved and place them under a 14-day quarantine.
“We cannot confirm whether or not they had visited Sabah before the incident. This is not to complicate things, but these are the measures that we have stipulated to address the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic because 60 percent of the positive cases in the state were imported cases, “he explained.
According to the initial investigation, the victims of the collision incident were 185 Malaysian and two other Indonesian crew members, namely the captain and the chief officer, all between 21 and 63 years old.
The ship leased by Petronas Carigali, previously reported to have suffered damage and capsized, was still floating and had been escorted to the port of Miri. -Called
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