Covid-19: Julau reverts to orange zone

Julau district has reverted to orange zone from red after recording 40 new Covid-19 cases in the past 14 days, said the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).

This brings the total number of red zones in the state to 27 with Julau as the only orange zone.

The red zones were Tatau, Tebedu, Betong, Pusa, Bau, Belaga, Sebauh, Sri Aman, Lundu, Pakan, Song, Bukit Mabong, Kanowit, Selangau, Saratok, Subis, Mukah, Sarikei, Beluru, Samarahan, Serian, Meradong, Kuching, Kapit, Bintulu, Miri and Sibu which recorded a total of 6,782 cases.

Ten yellow zones were Lawas, Matu, Tanjung Manis, Simunjan, Marudi, Asajaya, Dalat, Daro, Lubok Antu, and Limbang, with a total of 53 cases.

The only green zones in Sarawak were Kabong and Telang Usan.

The Health Ministry categorises a district with no Covid-19 cases as a green zone, one to 20 local transmission cases as yellow, 21 to 40 as orange and 41 and more as red over a period of 14 days.

Meanwhile, Sarawak police issued nine compounds in the last 24 hours with six in Kuching, two in Betong and one in Padawan for violating Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP).

Five were compounded for dining-in during Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO), caught outside without reasonable purpose past 10pm (2), not registering with MySejahtera (1) and not updating the customer record book (1).

“The total number of compounds issued by the police since the Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented in March 18, 2020 to-date was 6,509,” said SDMC in a statement yesterday.

Over the same period of time, the Local Government and Housing Ministry issued 19 compounds with five by Betong District Council, Kapit District Council (3), Marudi District Council (2), Lawas District Council (2), Kuching South City Council (2), Padawan Municipal Council (2), Bintulu (1), Lundu District Council (1) and Serian District Council (1).

The offences were not putting full details in the record book (8), not wearing face mask (5), exceeding the allowed operating hours (3), not registering using MySejahtera or record book (1), dining-in during the CMCO period (1) and thermometer not functioning (1).

This brings the total number of compounds issued since Feb 1 todate to 480.