Sarawak sets four special action task forces to manage Covid-19 spread
Tuesday, 14 Apr 2020 07:06 PM MYTSarawak Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah speaks during a press conference in Kuching March 20, 2020. — Bernama pic
Uggah said among the issue that is of concern are case notification, case investigation, identifying contacts, identifying active cases and health education.Uggah said the second task force is on preventing and controlling the next waves and it is headed by Datuk Professor Dr Andrew Kiyu from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
Uggah, who is also the deputy chief minister, said the third task force is on real-time analysis of data on Covid-19 and it is also headed by Dr Kiyu. He said SDMC needs to have the data which is needed for analysis so that immediate action can be carried out based on the outcome of the analysis.
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