Covid-19: Kuching declared red zone again after recording 53 cases in 14 days


Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah at the state disaster management committee's briefing in Kuching. - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / THE STAR

KUCHING: Kuching is now a red zone again with 16 local transmissions among 21 new cases reported in the district on Tuesday (July 28), says Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah.

The Deputy Chief Minister said this brought the number of locally transmitted cases in Kuching to 53 in the last 14 days.

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