Sarawak Limiting Business Hours Again Over Covid-19 Cluster Scares
If things continue to worsen, the whole country will be reintroducing stricter SOPs again.
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Three divisions in Sarawak will have limited business hours between 6am and 10pm again as these areas have been categorised as Covid-19 yellow and red zones.
What you need to know: Kuching, Samarahan, and Serian will begin limited business hours between 6am and 10pm, effective August 1.
Who said what: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (JPBM) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas notes that this decision was made as authorities observed the current development of the pandemic in the state, as active cases is still high and clusters have popped up.
Why it matters: The state of Sarawak has been hit with a second wave of active Covid-19 cases, causing a hospital to close and clusters to bloom. As such, precautionary action is once again being put in place, such as limited business hours.
Read more:
This Is Where All Of Malaysia’s New Covid-19 Clusters Are (July 2020) [TRP]
Sarawak to limit business operating hours in 3 divisions [NST]
Tougher Covid-19 SOP Almost Definitely In The Works [TRP]
New Covid-19 Cluster Forces Sarawakian Hospital To Close [TRP]
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