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KUCHING (Apr 25): Lawas is now classified as a Covid-19 yellow zone after recording one local transmission today, said State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).
Based on its daily update statement, SDMC said this brought the total number of Covid-19 yellow zones in Sarawak to 11.
“The number of Covid-19 green zones in the state has been reduced to two,” it added.
SDMC said Lundu had been classified as a Covid-19 orange zone after recording a total of 36 local transmissions in the last 14 days.
It said this brought the total number of Covid-19 orange zones in Sarawak to eight.
“Julau and Matu are no longer Covid-19 red zones, and they recorded 29 and 34 local transmissions respectively in the last 14 days.
“This brings down the total number of Covid-19 red zones in Sarawak to 19,” it said.
SDMC added that the status of Sebauh had been changed from a Covid-19 orange zone to yellow zone after recording 20 local transmission cases in the last 14 days.
The Ministry of Health categorises a district with no Covid-19 cases as a green zone, and over a two-week period, with one to 20 local tranmission cases as yellow, 21 to 40 as orange and 41 and more as red.