Only fully vaccinated allowed
Published on: Friday, August 13, 2021
By: Anthea Peter
Kota Kinabalu: Only customers and staff that have completed both doses of the vaccine can enter supermarkets as part of the National Security Council’s latest Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).They must also be of low-risk status on the MySejahtera app, said Sabah Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun. This also applies to customers and staff in eateries.
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He said tables in the premise are only allowed a capacity of 50 per cent with a physical distance of one metre between tables.
Hotels and accommodation are also allowed to open for domestic tourism, but limited to customers from the same district and on condition that all guests and staff are fully vaccinated.
“The use of facilities such as gyms, swimming pools, dining halls and seminar rooms are not allowed.
“Travel activities are not allowed except for travel bubbles on condition that tourists, tour operators and hotel staff have been fully vaccinated and granted approval from the Sabah Covid-19 State Disaster Management Committee,” said Masidi.
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Sabahans are also now allowed to travel to Labuan but must undergo a RT-PCR swab test three days prior to their departure and are subject to entry conditions imposed by respective State authorities. The same conditions apply for travel to Sarawak.
Individuals traveling from Sabah to the peninsula do not need to undergo RT-PCR swab test before departing Sabah.
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He said interstate travel for long-distance couples as well as parents who wish to visit their children below 18 are allowed on condition of being fully vaccinated and with permission from the police.
Masidi said those entering Sabah from the peninsula, Sarawak, Labuan and overseas must undergo a RT-PCR swab test three days before departure.
“Only individuals without symptoms and with negative test results are allowed to enter Sabah and must undergo mandatory 14-day quarantine as imposed by the State Government,” he said.
Meanwhile, Sabah set a new record high of 28 deaths on Thursday – eight in Kota Kinabalu, six in Tawau, four in Tuaran, three in Sandakan, two in Kuala Penyu and one each in Putatan, Keningau, Sipitang, Penampang and Beluran.
Sabah also reached a new high of 2,052 cases, a jump of 538 cases from 1,514 cases on Thursday, while one new cluster in Kuala Penyu, the Batu Linting Cluster.
Kota Kinabalu topped the list with 635 cases, followed by Penampang (221 ), Tawau (178), Tuaran (126) and Keningau (103).
Masidi said KK’s high number was largely contributed by transmissions at an offshore platform involving 209 staff as well as 109 workers at the Hyatt Centric construction site, comprising Malaysians and those from Philippines and China.
Overall, he said close contacts continue to be the largest contributor with 1,154 cases, making up 56.24 per cent of the caseload, while symptomatic cases accounted for 21.44 per cent of the caseload with 440
Of the 1,514 caseload, 22 cases involve babies less than a year old, 130 involve one to five-year-olds, 283 involve six to 17-year-olds, 1,493 involve 18 to 59-year-olds whereas 124 involve those above 60.
The caseload also comprises 1,785 Malaysians and 267 non-Malaysians, 2,037 local cases and 15 imported cases while 1,483 are unvaccinated and 185 have completed both doses.
Masidi added 1,634 cases are in category one and two, which are asymptomatic to mild cases that do not require hospital treatment, while 22 cases are in category three, six cases are in category four and two cases are in category five.
Some 628 Covid-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital while 4,899 patients are currently receiving treatment at hospitals and low risk quarantine and treatment centres (PKRC).
Masidi said 151 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with 58 needing ventilator support, adding that Sabah’s bed capacity is at 7,286 units with a bed occupancy rate of 67.16 per cent.
Meanwhile, five localities will be placed under EMCO starting Aug 14 to 27, namely two Keningau localities (Bumi Timber Sdn Bhd Factory and workers quarters in Mile 27 Jalan Sook and Kosinar Sdn Bhd Company and workers quarters at Mile 28, Jalan Sook) as well as Taman Puri Warisan,KK, Kg Pengiran, Sipitang and Kg Wowok Kinuta, Kota Belud.
The existing EMCO in Kg Gambaron 2, Telupid will be extended from Aug 14 to 27.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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