KUCHING: Despite the enforcement carried out to monitor public compliance with the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs), the responsibility to prevent the spread of the outbreak is on individuals.
“No matter how many more enforcement teams are (on the ground) in Kuching and an increase in the fine and compound where it will be RM10,000 starting today, only you can stop the transmission.
“This is to protect your family, your community and Sarawak from more Covid-19 cases and more deaths,” Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said in a Facebook post.
On the discovery of the Buloh Cluster in Selangau where its index case is a 32-year-old patient, Dr Sim said it showed that Covid-19 has no regard for age, gender, race and religion wherever they are.
“More districts are turning red from orange very quickly. Although it is similar to two steps forward one step back, some districts are turning yellow from orange.
“This however takes a lot of effort, hardships, suffering and a long time,” he said.
Dr Sim, who is also Local Government and Housing Minister, also thanked those who came forward to be tested for Covid-19.
“From all these isolated cases, further contact tracing (has been conducted) in the last 14 days, (this resulted in) the recent clusters being detected,” he said.
The Batu Kawa assemblyman urged the public to continue to come forward to be tested, noting that more than 200 polymerase chain reaction PCR swabs are taken daily via the drive-thru testing at Batu Kawa Health Clinic.
“If you are tested, please isolate yourselves from your family, work place or school until your PCR results are known in the next 24 to 48 hours,” he said.
