AKHBAR :BERITAHARIAN

MUKA SURAT :8

RUANGAN : NASIONAL

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AKHBAR HARIAN METRO

MUKA SURAT 7

RuANGAN COVID-19

I(es po.si§if:!>atpah

Jumlah beiLumbah beriktan lebih banyak perigrsnriori aMf

Oleh Suraya Roslan

dan Num HOdayahBahauddin

am@hmeityo.cpm.my

jlmelonjak dan rnen-

catatkan jpmlah. tertinggi

dengan 1,240 kes serta kali

kedua.me,lepasj empat ang-

Ia mengatasi kes terting-

gi pernah dicatatkan iaitu

1,228 kes pada 24 0ktoberlalu.

Ketua Pengarah Kesiha-

tanTan Sri Dr.NootHisham

Abdullah berkata, daripada

jumlah itu, Sabah menca-

tatkan kes jeybanyak de-

ngan 927 kes atau 74.8 pe-

ratus.

"Jumlah ini melonjak se-mula berikutan lebih ba-

nyak pengesanan kes se-

-. aktif dijalankan-di-Sa

bah selain mohtlisasi pe-

tugas kesihatan banyak

membantu usaha saringan

di lapangan dan yawAtan

perubatan.

"Sebanyak 5o8 kes hari

inimembabitkanlimaklus-

ter penjara iaitu Penjara

Kepayan mencatatkan 43g

kes, Kluster Seberang Perai

(57kes), KlusterBentengLD=(7 keys), Klustet Perijara Ta-

pati'(4) danKlusterTembok(1).

"Kes ini sememangnya

terasing dalam kawasan

Peyintah Kawalan Pergera-

kan Diperketatkan (PKPD),"

:tanya pada sidang media

harion semalam.

Menurutnya, pertamba-

han kes baharu semalam

menjadikan jumlah kes po-

sitif Covid-ig di Malaysia

adalah sebanyak 2.7,805 kesdengankes aktifdenganke-

bolehjangkitan ketika ini

91744 kes.Katcnya, mereka itu su-

dah diasingkan dan diberi

rawatan lanjut.

"Negeyi-negeri di Lem-

bah Klang pula mencatat-

kan sebanyak ig4 kes (i5.6

peratusdarL j kese-

ltu'uhan kes).

"Daripada 194 kes baharu

itu, 120 kes adalah daripada

kluster sedia ada dan ba-

haru."Unhik makluman, nege-

Kes bahani babitkan

Sabah sebahyak 927 kes,

Selangor (;176), PuJou

Pinang (61), Negeti

SembJlan (25), Kualo

Lumpur (17), Perak (8),

Sarawak (7), Labuan (S),

lohor (4), Kedoh (3),

Tevngganu (3) dan

Meloka pula merekodkan

dua kes.

ri ini dan juga Sabah sudah

diletakkan dalam Perintah

Kawalan Peygerakan Bet-

syarat (PKPB)," katanya.

Menurutnya, daripada

jumlah kes baharu sema-

Jam membabitkan Sabah

sebanyak 927 kes, Selangor(i76), Pulau Pinang (6i), Ne-

geyi Sembilm (25), Kuala

Lumpur (17), Perak (8), Sa-

yayak (71 Labuan (5), Johor

(4), Kedah (3), Terengganu(3) dan Melaka pula me-

Daripada 1,240 kes ba-hayu pada hari ini (sema-

Jam), tezdapat dua kes im-

port yang'mendapat jang-

kitan dari'luar negara.

Kes berkenaan memba-

bitkan.duawarga asinjdari

Russia di SelAngoz dan

Ukraine (Labuan)." kata

Menututnya, bilangan

kes pulihCovid-igsemalam

pulamencatatkansebanyak6gz kes dan menjadikaq ju-

mlah kumiatif kes yang

pulih sepenuhnya adalah

17,825 kes- atau 64.i peratus

daripada jumlah keseluru-

han kes.

Beliau berkatx, terdapat

juga tujuh peytambahan

kes kematian berkaitan Co-

vid-tg menjadikan jumlah

kumulatif kes kematian di

Malaysja mencecah 236 kes

atau o.g peyatus daripada

jumlah keseluruhan kes.

"Semuakematianhariini

me@babitkan tiga bukanwarganegara dan empat

warganegara di beberapa

hospital di Sabah berusia

aniata; 27 hingga go tahun.

:!eadtaan!'!a"praiw(IaC'Ua)"mm';m'Rbaalbitkan 3s kes memerlukan

bantuan pernafasan," kata-

AKHBAR HARIAN METRO

MUKA SURAT 10

RUANGAN : COVID-19

PASUKAN Jabatap Kesihatan Iabuan bersedia untuk men@unpul sarnpel ujian Covid-19 di penempatan Sagulang, Labuan.

AKHBAR : KOSMO

MUKA SURAT :4

RUANGAN : NEGARA

Arahan melibatkan 8.5 juta penduduk di Kuala Lumpur, Selangor dan Putrajaya

PKPB Lembab R'lang dilanjut 14 hariOleh 2uLKIFLl MANZOR

KUALA LTJMPUR - Perintah

Kawalan Pergerakan Bersyarat

(PKPB) di Kuala Lumpur, Se-

langor dan Putr2aya yang sepa-

tutnya tarnat hari ini dilarJutkanselama 14 hari lagi.

Arahan tersebut melibatkan

kira-kira 8.5 juta penduduk di

Lembah Klang.

Menteri Kanan tKeselamataH).Datuk Seri Ismall Sabri Yaakob

berl<ata, kerajaan membuat

keputusan itu selepas mengam-

bil klra penilaian risiko penula-

ran Covid-19 oleh Kementerian

Kesihatan (KKM).

"Penllaian risjko oleh KKM

mendapati masih terdapat lokasi

berisiko tLnggl penularan Co-

vid-19 di Kuala Lumpur. Selangor

dan Putrajaya.

'aMengambil kira risiko terse-

but, kergaan bersetullu melan-jutkan PKPB di Kuala Lumpur,

Selangor dan Pi.itrajaya mulai 27

Oktober s(;hingga 9 November.

a'Prosedur - operasi" standard

(SOP) PKPB adalah seperti yang

' pernah mumrimkan sebelum ini,=

katanya pada sidang akhbar di

sini semalam.

Sementara itu, Ismafi Sabri

berkata, kerajaan bersetuJu me-laksanakan PKPB di Nflai, Negeri

Sembflan berkuat kuasa 28 0kto-

ber sehingga.lO November beau-

tan peningkatan kes positif Cov-

id-19 dalam kalangan warga asln@di situ.

Bagaimanapun, kata be}iau,

lCovid-19 Dt Malaysia

sehhigga semalam

Jumlah

o Keabamru 1,240

lmporb2Tampatani 1,238

Pullh 691

i Kematlan

- Masihdirawat 9.744

- Juml;ih kes sembuh 17,825

a Jumlah Kematian 236

Jumlah kes keselunihan 27J103

KEADAAN di lokasl tumpuan orang ramal di Buklt Blntang lengang berlkutan pelaksanaan PKPB di tluklt Blntang.

Kuala Lumpur kelinarln. - SHIDDIEQIIN ZON

Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan

Diperketatkan (PKPD) dilaksana-

kan di Putra Point Niiai disebab-

kan dua lokaliti asrama pekerja

asrama di sihi dikesan menyum-

bang kepada peninHkatan keti

positif Covid-19 ialtu di Jalan

BBN 1/7B dan Jalan BBN 1/7F ser-

ta Jalan BBN 1/2E.'aPKPD di kawasan tersebut

akan berkuat kuasa bermula 28

Oktober sehingga lO'November:"

katanya.

Tambah bellau, PKPD akan tu-

rut alaksanakan di Taman Mesra

dan Taman Mawar di Sandakan,

Sabah bermula 28 0ktober se-

hingga 10 November 2020 beri-

kutan peningkatan kes positif

Covid-19 di kawasan berkenaan.

Je}as beliau, PKPD di kedua-

dua loka}iti tu merangkiuni 5,100

unit rumah yafTg melibatkan

serarnai 22,500 penduduk.

Kata beliau, PKPD ffi Taman

Khazanah Indah dan Pangsapuri

MuIiara Kasih, Lahad Datu serta

Felda Umas, Kalabakan. Sabah

i}argutkan selama 14 hari lagi

sehingga 9 November.

a'SOP PKPD adalah sama se-

perti diumumkan sebelinn inl,

narnun kedai runcit dlbenarkan

beroperasi dari pukul6 pag'i se-

hlngga 6 petang bagi memberi pe-

}uang kepada penduduk membeli

barang keperluan asas,a katanya.

Dalam pada itu, beliau me-

nglngatkan individu di kawasan

PKPB yang menyalahpnakan

surat kebenaran bekerja untuk

tu,iuan lain seperu bercut' atau

betjalan-jalan pada hu,iun(l ming-go boleh dikenakan tindakan te-

gas oleh pihak polis.

Sementara itu. Pengarah Pu-

sat Penyelidikan dan Pembangu-

nan Keluarga Universiti Malaya,

Dr. Raiidah Aga Mohd. Jaladin

berkata, PKPB yang di}anlutkanuntuk tempoh dila minggu lagi

dtbimbangi memberl kesan ter-

hadap tahap keslhatan fizikal

dan mental murid sekolah di ka-

wasan berkenaan.'aKesan dalam aspek kesilia-

tan' fizikal ialah murid-murid

mergad} kurang cergas dan kea-

daan ini mudah menyebabkan

kelesuan fizikal dan sakit mata

kerana kekerapan menggunakan

gaiet dalam tempoh masa yang

lama.

a'Kelesuan, sakit belakang, sak-

it mata dan salat kepala meniadiakibat khusus daripada proses

PdP (pengajarar+ dan pembe-

lajaran) yang dljalankan secamdalam talian. Kesan sebeglni juga

dirasai oleh golongan ibu bapa

yang bekerla,'a katanya.

P'UTRAJAYA - Keg COVid-19 ne-

gara sekali lagl melomak kepada

empat aiglt bagi angka kes harian

pandemik itu semalam dengan

1,240 kes direkodkan.

Angka tersebut adalah yang

tertinggi direkodkan derigan ka]i

pertama kes harian empat digit

dicatatkan pada Sabtu lalu.

Jumlah tersebut turut di-

sumbangkan daripada 39 kluster

aktlf dengan ti54a daripadanyaklustet baharu iaitu Kluster

Kapor di Kudat (46 kes). Klus-

ter Hampar di Rembau, Negeri

Sembilan (5) dan Kluster Ptmjara

Tapah di daerah Batang Padang,

Perak (11)

Pertambahan kes kematian

tunit aaporkan membabitkan

tujuh kes melibatkan lima lelaki

dan dua wanita berusia antara 27

hingga 90 tahun meniafflkan se-

banyak 236 kes.

Kematian terbaharu itu dica-

tatkan di Sabah ialtu di Hospital

Queen Elizabeth, Hospital Duch-

ess of Kent, Hospital Thiaran dan

Hospital Tawau dengan pelbagal

Iatar belakang penyakit.

Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan,

Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdul-

lah berkata, Sabah terus menca-

tatkan jumlah kes tertinggi ialtu

927 kes atau 74.8 peratus dan

angka ltu melor6ak semula beri-

kutan kes positif di Peruara Ke-

payan iattu 439 kes.

Menurutnya, ia susuian lebih

banyak pengesanan kes secara

aktif Qalankan di Sabah selain

mobilisasi petugas kesihatan

telah banyak membantu usaha

sarlngan di lapangan dan rawa-

tan perybatan.

':Aspek logistik dan penghan-

taran sampel ju@a ditambah baikbagi membolehkan keputusan

ujian RTK-Ag dan RT-PCR dapat

diperoleh dengan lebih cepat.

'aNegeri-negeri r3i Lembah

Klang pula mencatatkan 194 kes

atau 15.6 peratus daripada jum

lah keseluruhan kes, manakala

120 kes daripadanya atau 61.9

peratus adalah daripada kluster-

kluster sedia ada dan baharu,'a

katanya pada sidang akhbar di

sinl, semalam.

Dalam pada itu. beliau menafi-

kan terdapat manipulasi data

kes Covid-19 yank dllaporkan di

negara ini susulan kes mencecah

empat digit iaitu 1.22B, Sabtu lalu.

a'Data yang diperoleh fflhim-

pul setakat pu)cu) 12 tengah hari

setiap hari menggunakan slstem

informasi dan maklumat kesiha-

tan dari setiap negeri.

'aKKM akan melakukan perbin-

cangan dengan membabitkan

pasukan Pusat Kesiapsiagaan

dan Tlndak Cepat Krisis Kebang-

saan (CPRC) yang bertugas di

sebalik tabir,'a katanya.

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Jumlah kes baharu: 1,240

Ternpatan: 1,238 Import:2

AKHBAR : KOSMO

MUKA SURAT : 13RUANGAN :NEGARA

Ramaiberang kartuas,..mirip Noor Hisham

!l 11

TularLierkenaan.

Seorang.pengguna Facebookdengan narna Arif Atan berkata,tindakan tersebut adalah sangatbiadap dan tidak sepatutnyaberlaku.

"Jika letak muka orang poliamungkin tiada siapa yang kisahtapi adalah satu kesilapan bi-sar menggunagan imej DG (Noor

" Hisham). Kebebasan bersuarabukan lesen untuk biadap tidakkenatempat;' katanya. '

Seorang lagi pengguna, HolizFrancis yang juga tidak berpuashati dengan penyebaran lukisan itu memohon agar segera di-padam.

"Ini sudah melarnpau. Sayatahu bahawa DG (Noor Hisharn)adalah orang yang bekerja keras,sila hqrmati beliau, Saya mohon

unhik delete garnbar ini;' tegas-

Terdahulu; di larnan sosialTwitter pada 24 0ktober lalu,Noor Hisharn telah ditanya olehseorang individu mengenai tin-dakan segelintir ahli politik yanggagal mematuhi prosedur operasi

standard dengan mpn(3z'inakanperibauasa 'gurn,kencing berdiri,murid kencing berlari'

Noor Hisham kemudian-nya meml'alas ringkas persoalantersebut dengan satu ciapan ber-bunyi 'sila gunakan tandas' yangkemudiannya mengundang pel-bagai persepsi dalam kalanganpenggunalaman sosial tel-semt.

Ada segelintir pengguna Twit-ter yang. mendakwa soalan terse-but dijawan-Noor Hisharffi dalam

AKHBAR : SINAR HARIAN

MUKA SURAT :8

RUANGAN : MEMERANGI WABAK COVID-19

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AKHBAR SINAR HARIAN

MUKASURAT 9

RUANGAN MEMERANG WABAK COVID-19

Malaysiacatatl1240kes baharuJumIahkesharfan

tertinggiyang

direkodkansetakatinr

PUTRAJAYA

a l 'Malaysia' sekaliI mencaiatkanemp,atdi-

1- git kes bahani korona-v#us (Covid-19) denbari i.240

kes, jumah kes hariaffiterting-

gi yangdir4otlbn setakatlni.

Katua P*garah'I[4ihatan,Tan Sri Dr Noor Htshmn Ab-

positif CBid-19 di MaIaysia

berjumlah 27,805 kes dengan,

kes aktif sebq')d9J44 kes.

Beli'taberkata, darip@dakesbaharii itg juga, Sabah kekal

mereko0anjuml*kesterting-

3mng tiba dii R*siadi 'Ohaiue,

MenurutDrNoorIsham terdapat se-banyak691 kespulihCovid-19 dandenganperkembangan itumenjadikan jlunlahkiunulatif kes yangtelah"pulih sepenuh-nya adalah 17,825a(au 64.1 peratus.

hinggakini, terdapat 94

es positif Coviel-19 yank se-

9sg, dirawat 'di Qnii Rawatan,

m3.-6 ukan banhian- pernafasi.'Dmipadamakluitterkini

yatlg duapo4awb Ctisig Pre-ai:ednesfafd'R&sp6nsaCeritte

(CPRC) Kebaiigsaan, dukacitadirnaklumkan bahawa terdapatpertambahan tajuh kes kema-

tian b6rkaitan Coyid-r9." kata-

nya. - Bernmna

gi dengan.sebanyak927kes ataii74'.8 pe-rAtus dffifjunilahkesselunihnegara.

"Jumlah kes.di:'aba)a melonjak se-mula ber&utan kespositifdiPenjaraKe-payan iaitu 439 kes,ini berikutan lebihbany* pengesanan .DRNooRH's"kes Becara aktjf dija-lankan di nageri SAbah.

"Selainihi,mobilisasipetu- .

.Aae:a'abffi:afua:amlaels:inbg'a%: 'Iapangaidm%arawatan ptir-u§a<an," katanya'pa&'sidangakhb:at di gini semaJb.

.%mentarAitu,-DrNoorHis-hatn berkata, daripada keseJu-ruhan kes'terbal,aru, terdapat

dua kes import yang mendgpat

janitan dari%arnegara yangmelibatkan bukan warganegara

Lapgmpiolisiika==aelape#hirnpmnan besar

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lpi;dn'p4iis," katanya di sini semaTam.'Bellau berMt,i derf$aiffi menjawab soalan peni5erita

sep'geabpa:ibk.alblyliilfflF,iti.iai,altnramr!ienttaags:hgeiinnataprlalps.nistunnsarnmaasqflaind,fi36i bolehom%ui pep6ra6gan ira ffieM'Anya semua

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AKHBAR : UTUSAN MALAYSIA

MUKA SURAT :6

RUANGAN : DALAM NEGERI

1,240 kes dicatatkan semalam adalahtertinggi sejal<pandemik bermula

Kespositif, matiterusmelonjakOlehMAISARAH SHEIKH RJkHIMmaisarahrahim@medlamullacom m)j

PUTRAJAYA: Kes positif (.ovid-19kembali melonjak ke empat an-

gka apabila 1,240 kes yang ter-tinggisejakpandernikihi bermu-

la, sekali gus menjadikan jumlah

kes positif Covid-tg di negara ini

melonjak ke z7,8o5 kes deng,anjumlah kes aktif kebolehjangki-

tan sebanyak 9,744 kes.Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan,

aran Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdul-

lah berkata, sebanyak hijuh lagi

kematian direkodkan selain per-

tambahan tiga kluster bahani

iaitu Kluster Kapor di Kudat, Sa-bah (46 kes), Kluster Hampar diRembau, Negeri Sembilan (lima

kes) dan Kluster Penjara Tapah(11 kes)

Menunit beliau. Sabah tenis

mencatatl<an jumlah kes ter-

tinggi iaitu sebanyak 927 kes

NOORHISHAM ABDLILLAH

iaitu melonjak semula berikutan

kes positif di Penjara Kepayan

iaitu 439 kes.Katanya, sihiasi ihi berikutan

lebih banyak pengesanan kes

secara aktif dijalankan di negeri

tersebut, selain mobilisasi peh+-

gas kesihatan yang telah banyakmembantu usaha saringan di

lapangan dan jugarawatan peru-('atan.

Beliau menjelaskan, aspek lo-

gistik dan penghantaran sampel

juga ditambah bailc bagi mem-

bolehkan kepuhisan ujian RTaK-

Ag dan RT-PCR dapat diperolehdengan lebih cepat.

"Bagi negeri-negeri di Lem-

bah Klang pula mencatatkan

zg4 kes dan daripada jumlah ini,uo kes adalah daripada kluster-

kluster sedia ada dan bahani.

"Sejumlah 5o8 kes puma ada-

lah daripada Kluster Penjara

Kepayan (439 kes), musterSe-

berang Perai (57 keg)i KlusterBenteng LD (tujuh kes), Kluster

Penjara Tapah (empat kes) dan

Kluster Tembok (satu kes) dan

kes-kes ini sememangnya teras-ing;' katanya dalam sidang akh-

bar di sini semalam.Dalam pada ihi, Noor Hisharn

memberitahu, Selangor mencat-

atkan i76 kes iaihi 109 kes dari-pada kluster-kluster sedia ada;

Pulau Pinang (6t kes); Negeri

Sembilan (25 kes), KualaLumpur(t7 kes) dan Perak (lapan kes).

Katanya, di Sarawak pula

merekodkan (tujuh kes), Johor

(empat kes), Kedah (tiga kes),

Terengganu (tiga kes) dan Mela-ka (dua kes).

"Sehingga kini, terdapat 94kes positif Covid-ig yang sedang

dirawat di Unit Rawatan Rapi

(tcu) yang mana 31 kes memer-lukan bantuan pernafasan.

"Walau bagaimanapun ter-

dapat sebanyak 691 kes pulihdirekodkan menjadikan jumlah

kumulatif kes pulih sepenuhnya

adalah 17,825 kes," katar+ya.Noor Hisham tunit memak-

lumkan berhubung konsep yang

diguna pakai Kementerian Kesi-

hatan dalam menarnakan klusterCovid-xg yang mana pernilihan

nama kluster adalah berdasar-

kan latar belakang kes indeks

bagi kluster tersebut.Sementara ihi, beliau memak-

lumkan, beliau telah memberi-

kan taklimat kepada Majlis Raja-

Raja berhubung perkembangan

terkini penularan jangkitan

Covid-xg di negara ini di IstanaNegga gemalam.

Menurut Noor Hisham, Maj-

lis Raja-Raja Melayu turut dibe-

ritahu tentang pelaksanaantugas-higas Kementerian Kesi-hatan di lapangan.

Katanya, beliau tunit ditanya

mengenai perkembangan vak-

sin virus itu dan memberitahubahawa terdapat sembilan ka-

jian dijalankan pada fasa ketiga

ketika inf, namun, masih belumterdapat laporan lengkap.

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SECOND 4.FIGURE TALLY

927 cases in Sabah

aLL in the state

TEOH PEI YINGAND MOHAMED BASYIRGALA LuMPuRnews@nst.com.my

ALAYSIA recordedthe highest ever dailyCovld-19 cases. with

1,240 registered up tonoon yesterday. bringing the cu-mulative cases to 27.805.

This was the second time thecountry reached four figures indaily cases since March, with thelast being L228 cases reportedtwo days ago.

Only two ofthe new cases wereImported; the rest were localtransmissions.

The country's cumulative tallyof Covid-19 cases stood at 27,805,wlth 9.744 active cases.

aTh}s war cannotbe won by theHealth Ministry. The war cannot

be won by the government."Everyone has to play a part.

then we can a'Health director-general Tan SriDr Noor Hisham Abdullah yes-terday.

Sabah recorded 927 cases. 74.8per cent of the total reported yes-terday.

This was followed by 194 casesin the Klang Valley, with 177recorded in Selangor and 17 inKuala Lumpur.

Penang recorded 61 cases, fol-lowed by Negri Sembilan (25),Perak (eight), Sarawak (seven).Labuan (five), Johor (four), Kedahand Terengganu (three). andMelaka (two).

Ninety-four patients were be-ing treated in the Intensive CareUnit (ICU). with 31 needing ven-tilator support.

Dr Hlsham said the NationalCrisis Preparedness and Re-sponse Centre tecorded seven fa-talitles, all in Sabah, raising thedeath toll to 236.

Among the deceased were a27-year-old man and a 90-year-old woman.

Dr Noor Hlsham said 661 pa-tlents had fully recovered and

He said three new clusters weredetected {n Sabah, Negrl Sembi-lan and Perak.

The Kapor Cluster was detectedin Kudat, with 46 cases recordedfrom screenlngs in KampungTanjung Kapor on act 22, hesaid.

Up to yesterday, 127 people hadbeen screened, with 81 othersawaltlng results.

The Hampar Cluster was de-tected in Rembau, witch four newcases reported from the closecontact of index patient Case23,736 on act 21.

Ninety-six people tested neg-ative while 477 others were await-lng results.

The Tapah Prison Cluster inBatang Padang involved 11 indi-viduals wlio tested positive fol-lowlng scteenings on act 12.

Four more close contacts testedposltlve.

"1,820 tested negatlve while<a7 are walthig for results," saidDrNoorHisham.

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7ERO CASE'

TONGOD IS

GREEN 10NEStrong Covidl9

awareness has kept

the virus at bay,

says district officer

OLIVIA MIWILTONGODolivia@nst.com.my

factor that enables Tongod to re-

main as the only green zone dis-

trict in Sabah.Its district officer. William

Ahlan, said Tongod is just next to

Sandakan, which is a red zone,

with economic activities and in-

bound travels for essential ser-

vices operating as usual.

"Although there is no guaran-

tee that Tongod. home to about

50,000 people, Will continue

to record zero Covld-19 cases, I

believe the high level of aware-

ness of the people of the Covid-19

virus has kept the infection at

bay.aaApart from the health author-

ities coming in to conduct Covid-

19 screenings of those in contact

(with patients) or staff working at

reception areas, some had even

come forward andwere willing to

pay for the test," he Cold the New

8trakts tYmes.He said residents here had also

reduced their movements.He said although there were

roadblocks allowing those with

The Tongod dkstAct office has started quarantknrng hearthcare workers fmm Sernporna,

permits to enter Tongod, special

attention is given to Telupid,

about 50km from here. where

people from other areas come to

withdraw cash from banks and

utilise other services.Last month, five people tested

positive for Covld-19 in Tongod.

They received treatment in San-

dakari.Their close contacts had under-

gone quarantine tbere.

Ahlan said the Tongod

district office started quarantin-

ing healthcare workers from

Semporna on Sunday for two

weeks.aaAs the number of cases in San-

dal<an is increasing. Tongod has

prepared two quarantine centres

should there be any new infec-

tlons here.

r;q"uheesta'eodngfoo"r dfoi"oId'iabf ao!:t" haaias

from the state government for

targeted groups fn case villages

are placed under lockdown

or people are quarantined% hesaid.

He added thatthe district office

was working on getting assls-

tance for the poor who live about

200km from the town.

Up to yesterday. Sabah regis-

tered 6.525 active Covld-19 cases

and 98 deaths.

62pc BED OCCIIPANCY RATE

Dr Noor Hisham: Sabah's healtheare system not eollapsingPllTRAJAYAi The Health Mfnistry

has denied that the healthcare

system in Sabah is collapslng as

reportedlHealth director-general Tan Sri

Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said

Sabahas bedoccupancy rate stood

at per

'At the moment, (when we)

look at the admission and dis-

charge (rates). the discharge rate

is (initially) high. The occupancy

rate fs very hfgh, about 70 to 80 units,only60percentwerebeing

per cent. At hospitals, we have used. whfle 33 per cent of the 193

1,202beds,butonly52percentof ventilatorswerelnuse.

them are being used. At quaran- He safd Sabahas healthcare sys-

tlneandlow-rlskcentres.wehave tem was still within its capacity

4,511beds,andonly28percentof limit.

them are being used. That makes "It is not tnie that the stateas

utilisation is at 33 per cent," he

said at the daily Covid-19 press

conference here yesterday.

He said out ofl29 intensive care

"Remember, we have 24 hos-

pltals {n Sabah. Only nine ofthem

are allocated for Covld-19 treat-

ment. We have a field hospital in

Tawau with 100 beds for non-

Covld-19 patients.aaSo far, we managed to cope.

We monltor the discharge and ad-

mission (rates) daily. The admis-

sion (rate has) increased in

Sabah, but it is from prisons.

These facilities have their own

quarantine centres.

"We are managlng well, but we

need to prepare for the worst:a

He said the ministry could con-

tain the Covid-19 in Sabah in four

weeks."We admit that this is more dif-

ficult and challenglng. However,

we are more prepared this time

compared mth March in terms of

human resources, facilities, PPE

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hksham Abdullah (left)briefing the press kn PutraJaya yesterday. With hkm is hfs deputy, DrHkshamshah Mohd Ibrahlm. BERNAMA pic

been addressed, but we need bet-

(personal protective equipment) . ter coordination;aand others. He said to solve the delays in

"We started Our preparatlons Covld-19 tent results in Sabah,

earlier by sending internal hu- 200,000 RTK-antigen were sent

man resources. as well as those to the state by the ministry.

from other 8tateS tO assist Sabah. He added that 1,029 medical

we(have)alsosentPPEsandven- personnel were deployed to

tllatOrS. aS Well aS increased the Sabah. Another 1,200, WhO Wiil

number ofquarantlne and 10W- getthelrofferletters,wlllregisterrisk centres. These Issues have (@111@170y

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untilNov9Nilai placed underconditional MCO too

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RestrictionsnnderthdconditfonalMCOcom- workers'dormitoriestherehavingconh'butsd

$ue,in(ludingflftbanoninter-&tricttravel tothespike;andemployeesundertakingsuchtcavelsbeing Also placed under the enhariced MCO arerequiredtosliowfl'ieirstaffpassandcarryan twoaoaaiii'esinsanaai<an,sabah,rromtomor-

tutionsofhigherle-arningaretoreniaindosed towncoverS,l00homesinvolving22,500peo-duringthisperiod. ple,"rsmailSabrisaid.

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MCOfor:14affiyffibeg'nninJOctl4to27,fOuOW- 'ate frOrn Ham tO 6pm SO that 10cals Can buying a mse ti Covid-19 cases in (hese areas. their essent'als," he said.

A $k assessment by the Health Ministy rsmail Sabn said the enhanced MCO infound that there are localitis with high ik Taman' Khazanah mdah end Pangsapuriforfl'iespreadofCovid-19;"IsmaflSjbrisaid 'MutiaraRasih.inLahadDatuandFeldaUmasdiuinghis dafiypressbt'efingyesterday. in Kalabakan has btien extended for another'

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also be placeli under the conditionaTh MCO, . hirecentweeks,Sabahhasb0entheepicen-with several localities in the district to be treoftheCovid-19outbreakinMalaysia.

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DG: Sabah still has capacityto treat patientsPUTRAJA%4: The Sabah healthcaresystemisnotonthe b ofcollapseas it stfil has the capaaty to treatCovid49 patients, says Health direc-tor general Tan !atDr Noor HishamAbdullah.He saidhe couldri'tunder-standwhytherewas anegativepbr-ception of the situation m Sabah,noting that the fads m'id figureswete different than what was per-ceived.

"t's not'true that' the health sys-tem in Sabah is collapsing, but weadmtt it is more difficult and morediallenging.

'However,we ge more preparedthis thne then before in terms ofhumanresouzce, facilities, PPE (per-sonal protective equipment) andothers. We started preparations

. much earllerbysending ourhumanresource from the mi*try andfromother statesto assistSabah,"he

seaincde ya"""'estef,us hily press confer-Dr NoorHisharn daffledthat cur-

rent?y :w'th the total of 5,713 bedsavaflable hi fl'ie state, only 33% of

National Disaster 'Manag4entAgenay Jadma) and other govern-ment agencies.

'This iswhat we need in Sabah.Hopefiflly, the coordination in thestate is enhanced further, then wecan win this War. We. have not lostthewaryet,neiflierhaveiwewonif,"he added.

DrNoor fisham estimatedthat itwould take another four weeks

beforejhe virus woul4be able to becontffiedin8aba!i.

Th6 coumtymt anewrecordhighof '1,240 new Covid-19 cases as ofyesterday, with 927 cases froraSabah due to the positive casesdeteded in the Xepayan prisori (439cases) as wen as more achve casedete4on being conducted m theState.

In the mang Valley, Dr NooraHisham said !L94 cases were detect-

ed, of whiah 120 cases came fromnetvand eJsting dusters. .' There were also three new dus-'ters detected in the country - Peral(

Negri Sembilanan4 Sabah.

Dr Nooc Hisham noted that therewere two imported cases recorded,

bco""unhy,gtoth2e7t8o0tal5 vin"thea"9,o7n44s 'ach'vea.cases mfiie county.

'I%ereare94Cond49 casesbeingtreatedin ICtJs,wlth31 cases requir- ingventilator support," he said, add-jug that ti91 patients were as-

gid, bmgbng the total ciunula-

tivenumberto 171825.He also sold seven deaths were

recorde4 g the total deathtollto 236 cases,

With the majority of the recentCovid-19 deaths corningfrom Sabah,Dr Noor Hisham said thrs was'because most were mairay eldedypauents who probably had lpwerimmunity, add those whtl had other&eases su6 as hypertension anddiabetes.

' Separately, Dr Noor Hisham saidhis attendance atlstana Negata wasto share with the Rulets about theminisQs actions in .combating thepandemic since December last yearto date. .

Masidi: Sabah

continues tosee most

number ofdaily cases

KOTA laNABALU: Sabah contln-ues to record the nation!s highestnumber of daily Covid-19 cases,with the latest being 927, aut ofwhiili 439 were from the KepayanPrigon duster.

The state minister m &arge ofCovid-19 affatrs. Datuk Seri MasidiManjiu'i, said the Kepayan Prisondusteris from the total of 532 pos-itive cases here. which also ssviree deafl'is'in tliis fflsirict.

and 517 recoveries (in 24 hours by'noon) yestevday, he-said.

There's the new'Kapor dusterin Kudat where 46 cases weredetected." he added.

The district wfflv the secondhmhest numberin Sabah is Tawau,at 81 new cases and a death. whfieSandal<an, Kudat and lahad Daturecorded fi4%o deatlisl 47 and46new cases respectively.

Masidi saidthere was a death inTuaran. 'which recorded 28 newcases, fanowed by Penampang (27cases), Putatan (23), Sempor;jia (16)Keningau ;ind Kinabatangan, with11 new cases each, as wen as Paparand Kota Belud (10 each)

Kunak and Kota Marudu havesix andfour new cases tespectively

thw"reee npeiwtascaa8nesdeTaeclhupllihdsraedcdoerddedNabawan has two new cases

whfie Bsaufart, Tenom and Ranauhave one new case eaah.

On another matter. Masia saidthe food basket initiative is onga-ing for targeted groups.

"We have dishibuted 90,471foodbaskets statewide." he said.

Masidi also said that 85 yoad-blocks in 65 localities have beenconductedto date.with27.609vemdesinspected and234driversaskedto turn back.

"Six arrests were made. and 25compounds issued for Covid-19 SOPviolators." Masidi said.

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Jillers as Covid-19 cases

reach araecot'd liigh of)2400 Sabahpost7st'iighpstinfgctions,at927with

PETAIJNGJAYAiAiecotdnumber of1,240 Coyid-19 cages were recqrded

' )iegtetday, of'which !)27 were'feom,

Sabah whfle the Klan@ Valleyrecorded lp4new capps.

ftwas thehigbestdBilytally4o far,Health Darector-Genetal Thn Sti DrMoor Hisham Abdullah said as he'

allayedfears ofhospitals mSabahnotbbing able t6' cope with ffle spike incases.

"The nunlber of cases in Sjb@h

has speed @gain dus to the positive

:, toaecsoer7ed=4e3!'Xsae"sfo'plln(Imsonn,gwmhiOdireqctive case detectiqn berg carried':iut in the state," he said at a press

6onfetenceyebterday. " '"The mobilisation of health

workers has aided efforffl to car§ outfiefdscteaning as well as medicaltreahnene'

He said (he latest development

took the cumulative tally'for Basitivecasesto 27,805.

Thete were 'two new importedcases involving one fote}gnerinfected ovetseas who m'fflved inSeTangorfromRussia andanother inLabuanfromthe?Jkzaine.

The res( were local ttansmissions,wlthSabahhaving927cases,Selangor

?257),6)'Kpuaal"a'Lgum(6plur' N(lar,a ;e:-,b'(a-),

Satawak(seven), Tabuan (five), Johor

(efao*l+anxedaMala"anaccda'l(eWeon)gganu (threeAs of noonyesterday, ga patients

w,eta in intensfve care, wath 31t'equfffig rpspiratory assistance.Seven deaths were zecotded, mising

$e 4(iathtoll.toJ6.A total of 691 patients have been

%e4, with ihe total mttd'e+ ofrecovaries Bt 17,825,

Tbree a .new clustets yetp

'iden$d, bringing the totalnuniberofacuve.dusiers to sg.

The first was the Kapor cluster

involv;g the Kudat disttlct l Sabahxvhere a total of 46 cases werereponed since act 22. Atot!il of 127people had been screened andresults were still pening for 81 ofthefn.

duTsthe"r, in"avoool"vde'd"tH"eRa?n'haauHdla"'s&'ct

-in Negri SemMlan where the indexcase wos identified on act 21 and

sg6tto RembauHosBital.'l"a last-duster was the Perijata

Thpah dg@erafpvbMng As BatangPadangdlstdctin Peyakyhereatq:'of 11 individuals tested positive

$ough soieening contlucted in thepds6nsirice act 12.

Nooi.'EUbham said the narr+eselectiotrfot a clusterwas basetionthe background ofthe indexcase.

"Theriame was choserrbased ontNe name of a building; park,

residential a!reet, Ql a wotkplaae ofthattndetcase to ensme an aiffiimve

c6uimcation between the pmtiesmval+e4-in the clus((ir and itsmanqgement," he said.

He addeathemhiisyyas careful

in naB dustss to avoid anxietyandmgmaomthe patients, tesidentsor organi6nsinvolved.