Sarawak DCM: Residents in two Covid-19 hotspots taking active screenings positively
Wednesday, 29 Apr 2020 06:03 PM MYTA medical worker takes a swab at a Covid-19 drive-through screening area at KPJ Ampang Puteri April 9, 2020. — Picture by Hari Anggara
He said the health team will do everything to ensure all will be tested for the coronavirus disease . He said there are 3,500 families in the two residential areas, with the health teams able to cover 500 houses a day.Uggah, who is also the deputy chief minister, said the two residential areas have registered 44 positive cases coronavirus disease infections over the past two weeks, but there were no deaths have been recorded.“The ACD operations are to look at the best way to look conduct more checks on the people who may be carriers of Covid-19, but do not show any symptoms,” he said.
On another issue, Uggah said Sarawak recorded another six more positive cases today, with three of them from Kuching district, two from Serian district and one from Samarahan district.
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