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Douglas Uggah Embas
KUCHING (Oct 9): The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has decided that individuals returning to the state from Peninsular Malaysia will be quarantined in quarantine centers from Oct 10-18 in light of the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Its president, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, said they had found the home quarantine to be “ineffective” as they had come across cases that were difficult to monitor.
“We have decided that those returning from Peninsular Malaysia will be quarantined for 14 days in the quarantine centers because we consider that home quarantine is not effective in some cases.
“This is to protect Sarawak in order to break the chain of Covid-19 infections. We hope that everyone will cooperate with us and play our role to ensure that the number of cases does not increase, ”he said today at a press conference here.
Uggah said the move was necessary given that the number of Covid-19 cases in Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia, as well as Indonesia and the Philippines, remained high.
He added that Sarawak had no choice but to take the necessary precautions, such as tightening border control to protect the inhabitants of Sarawak from being infected with Covid-19.
The chief deputy minister also advised Sarawak residents to avoid traveling out of state this month in an attempt to curb the spread of Covid-19.
According to statistics from the last 14 days, Uggah said that seven cases or 17.5 percent of the 40 reported cases had been imported (abroad) while 22 cases or 55 percent were cases imported from other parts of the country. Malaysia.
“Of the 22 cases, 16 were from Sabah. Only 11 cases or 27.5% of the total cases were of local transmission. Of these locally transmitted cases, six cases were infected by imported cases ”, he added.
Because of this, he said Sarawak residents should try not to travel out of state, if they can help it.
“The latest data has shown that most of the positive cases reported in Sarawak were imported. If possible, try not to travel outside of Sarawak during this month, to reduce imported cases.
“Let’s take care of Sarawak together. Stay alert, stay safe, stay healthy, save lives, ”Uggah added.
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