Bernama file photo showing police officers setting up a roadblock.
KUCHING (May 24): The operation hours for all sectors have been reduced to 6am to 8pm, and children below 12 years are not allowed in certain places under tightened Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) issued by the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).
“Children aged 12 years and below are not allowed into public, open and crowded areas without reasonable excuse,” it said in its daily Covid-19 updates today, adding that the new SOP would take effect from May 25 to June 7. [See the latest SOP here: Latest CMCO SOP May 24th]
SDMC also has divided Kuching Zone (covering Kuching Division, Samarahan Division and Serian Division) into four smaller zones –Kuching Zone will cover Kuching District and Samarahan Division; Serian Zone covering Serian Division; Lundu Zone covering Lundu District; and Bau Zone covering Bau District.
“All movements between these zones are allowed for essential services, working people and emergencies, but require police permits.
“For affected residents who work in the four said zones, they are excluded from having to take swab test every 14 days and are allowed to apply for police permit by submitting a letter from their respective employers,” it said.
In addition, only up to three people are allowed in a private vehicle and public transport services are allowed to operate at 50 per cent of its passenger capacity.
Premises operators are urged to use of MySejahtera to check the status of the customers, allowing only those with low risk to enter their premises.
Employee attendance for the public sector is limited to 20 per cent overall capacity (excluding frontliners) while 80 per cent are on a Work From Home basis.
As for the employee capacity of private sector, it is limited to 60 per cent attendance only.
Face-to-face meetings for official business or work are not permitted.
SDMC also decided that all sports activities for training and tournament purposes are not allowed.
“All public sports and recreational activities are not allowed except jogging and exercise that can be performed as an individual,” it said.
SDMC came up with these tightened SOP for the state’s Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) following the high increase in positive Covid-19 cases statewide.
Sarawak is currently under CMCO until June 7.