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Covid-19 patients must declare all close contacts via MySejahtera: Kui Hian

Sarawak DMC adviser says this is an MoH requirement

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 24 Sep 2021 7:30PM

Covid-19 patients must declare all close contacts via MySejahtera: Kui Hian
Sarawakians who are positive for Covid-19 have been told to declare the identity of all their close contacts via MySejahtera. – The Vibes file pic, September 24, 2021

by Stephen Then

MIRI – Sarawakians found to be Covid-19-positive must declare the identity of all their close contacts via MySejahtera.

Such is the requirement of the Health Ministry, said state Disaster Management Committee adviser Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian in his social media updates today.

“If you are positive and you receive a message on this from health authorities, you must comply.

“The message is not fake.”

The state today recorded another 14 deaths and 2,825 infections, with Kuching logging 744 cases, Miri (319), Sibu (324), Bintulu (235), Sri Aman (146), Serian (126) and other districts (below 100 each).

The latest fatalities drive up the state’s virus toll to 739.

The victims were two men, both aged 66, in Sibu; two Serian women aged 63 and 70; five men aged 43, 74, 84, 85 and 86, and a 57-year-old woman, in Kuching; a 70-year-old man and a woman aged 80 in Betong; a man aged 56 in Sri Aman; and, a 70-year-old woman in Bintulu. – The Vibes, September 24, 2021

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