KUCHING (May 11): A new Covid-19 cluster dubbed Bako Hilir Cluster has been declared in Kuching, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) today.
In a statement, the committee said the latest cluster is a community cluster involving four families in Kampung Bako Hilir in Kuching district.
“This cluster’s index case is a 24-year-old woman.
“She was detected through a screening at the Petra Jaya Health Clinic, Kuching on April 29 and was confirmed positive for Covid-19 on April 30,” added the statement.
SDMC said that the index case, who is a housewife, had gotten the infection from the community and had spread the infection to family members and then to other residents through close and casual contacts.
The woman began experiencing signs and symptoms of infection on April 25.
“Upon further investigation and active case detection screening activities involving the woman’s family members and casual contacts, there was an addition of 17 Covid-19 positive cases with one new case reported today,” said SDMC.
SDMC also said that Kampung Bako Hilir will also be placed under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) from May 12 to 25 to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection.
A total of 62 individuals form the village were screened in which 18 cases were detected positive for Covid-19 (including the index case) and 44 cases are still awaiting laboratory results.
All 18 cases tested positive for Covid-19 were referred to Sarawak General Hospital and admitted to Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centre (PKRC) in Kuching for isolation and further treatment.
Meanwhile, SDMC also said that the State Health Department has declared the end to three clusters namely the Jalan Kingsway Cluster in Miri, Sungai Rassau Cluster in Matu and Jalan Bangunan Kerajaan Cluster in Beluru after no new cases were detected or reported in the past 28 days.
The number of clusters that are currently still active is 76 clusters with a total of 14 clusters having recorded 54 new cases while 62 clusters did not record an increase in cases.
SDMC informed that Lawas district had changed to yellow from green status after one new locally transmitted case was detected.
Sarawak now have 10 districts with yellow status while only two districts that remain green.
There are currently 28 districts that remain red, and none are orange.
Based on Ministry of Health (MOH)’s classification, districts with more than 40 cases in a two-week period is classified as red zones, 21 to 40 cases as orange zones, one to 20 cases as yellow zones and those with no cases as green zones.