Comply with controls, Hajiji urges Sabahans
Published on: Saturday, October 03, 2020
By: Malay Mail
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Tuaran: Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor (pic) has urged the people to comply with the inter-district controls imposed in the state from tomorrow until October 16, to curb the spread of Covid-19.He said the people’s cooperation is crucial to break the chain of transmission.ADVERTISEMENT
“I hope Sabahans will cooperate for their own good. Practise the standard operating procedure (SOP) that has been set. We need to be vigilant and careful as Covid-19 is still among us.
“Efforts to eradicate the pandemic are not easy, but what is important for us in Sabah is to limit movements. Stay home unless there is an important matter (outside). Do not hang out or go to places where you can get infected,” he said after performing Friday prayers at the Haji Noor Mosque, Kampung Serusup here.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government will implement inter-district controls throughout Sabah.
However, essential services such as the supply of food and medicine, security and others will still be allowed, he said.ADVERTISEMENT
During this period, those who have ended their quarantine are allowed to return to their respective districts or return to the peninsula, Sarawak and Labuan.
The Targeted enhanced movement control order in four Sabah districts, namely Tawau, Lahad Datu, Kunak and Semporna, remains enforced.
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Meanwhile, Malaysia recorded another surge in new Covid-19 infections for the second day straight with 287 cases Friday.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah announced that all the cases are local transmissions, including 20 who returned from Sabah recently. This brings the number of reported cases from Sabah since September 20 to 139 cases.
Dr Noor Hisham said the number of new cases today is the highest recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic in Malaysia.
“This increase is what we are worried about and have been reminding everyone about this as it is in line with the rising trends of overall Covid-19 cases and deaths globally,” he said.
Out of today’s total 287 cases, 113 patients are in Sabah, 129 in Kedah, 31 in Selangor, three in Perak, three in Terengganu, two in Negri Sembilan, and two in Kelantan,
Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Pahang and Labuan have one case each.
Dr Noor Hisham said a majority of today’s infections, 128 cases, are from the Tembok prison cluster in Kedah.
The 113 cases in Sabah were from existing clusters and the four districts placed under the targeted enhanced movement control order (Temco).
“It is hoped that the Temco and implementation of inter-district travel ban that will be enforced at midnight October 3 until October 16 will reduce the number of cases in Sabah,” the Health director-general said. The new cases bring the total Covid-19 positive cases in Malaysia to 11,771 as at 12pm today while the total active cases are 1,540.
There were no new deaths reported today, leaving the Covid-19 fatalities so far at 136.
Two Election Commission (EC) officers are positive for Covid-19, its chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh said.
The affected duo were among staff deployed to Sabah for the recent state election and had since returned to the peninsula and have been hospitalised.
“They are at Hospital Sungai Buloh for further action,” he was quoted saying.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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The EC had deployed 28,656 staff for the September 26 election to manage 741 polling centres.
A total of 1,088,711 people was registered and eligible to vote.