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The number of daily Covid-19 cases rose sharply to 253 on Tuesday against Monday’s 161, according to Sabah’s Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun.  “It is observed that the percentage of total cases of the Close Contact Screening category (45.8 per cent) and the Symptomatic Screening category (43.1 per cent) is almost balanced today.  “This clearly reflects how widespread the Covid-19 virus is in the midst of society as well as the negligence of many people complying with various Standard Operating Procedures,” he said.  “We hope thi...

The Sabah Govern-ment has decided to allow Sabahans who left to perform umrah or went overseas before Dec. 28 to serve their quarantine in the State if they test negative for Covid-19 while transiting in KLIA on their way home.  Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Mohd Noor said free RT-PCR testing would be provided via a registered doctor at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport to these Sabahans

Two new Covid-19 cases have been detected in Sandakan’s Millennium Saudi cluster linked to umrah groups, who are the biggest single source of Omicron infections in Malaysia so far, although no cases from the world’s rapidly spreading variant have been reported in Sabah yet