Covid-19: Bintulu is now green zone, says Sarawak’s Disaster Management Committee
Sunday, 05 Jul 2020 06:02 PM MYT
A health worker in protective suit swabs a driver’s mouth at a drive-through testing site for Covid-19 at KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital in Petaling Jaya March 28, 2020. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa KUCHING, July 5 — The status of Bintulu district has changed from yellow zone to green zone, said the Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee .
In a statement today, SDMC said this brings the number of districts with yellow zone status to two and green zone districts to 38. The number of positive Covid-19 cases reported in Sarawak remains at 571, with no new cases reported today. — Bernama
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