Another case detection operation conducted in Sarawak


Better safe than sorry: Medical personnel taking samples from residents of Taman Desa Ilmu in Kota Samarahan during the first operation. Another operation being conducted in Kampung Tabuan Lot involves more than 2,100 people.

KUCHING: A Covid-19 case detection operation is being conducted in Kampung Tabuan Lot involving more than 2,100 people from 423 houses, says Sarawak state disaster management committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.

He said the operation, the second such exercise in Sarawak, was carried out from 8.30am to 5pm yesterday to screen close contacts of Covid-19 positive patients.

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