Sarawak Valentine’s Day street fight over woman caused Covid-19 cluster, says DCM

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KUCHING: A street fight that took place at Jalan Green here on Feb 14 (Valentine’s Day) has led to the detection of one of two new clusters in Sarawak.

Deputy chief minister Douglas Uggah Embas said up to 130 police officers and personnel were now undergoing mandatory quarantine.

He said the index cases for the Jalan Green Cluster were case number 7,093 and 7,094 involving detainees.

“As of noon today, a total of 148 people have been screened where six of them tested positive and 112 still awaiting their results,” he told a press conference here today.

Another cluster is a workplace-related Kejatau Cluster in Sri Aman involving a government office at Wisma Persekutuan Fasa 2, Jalan Kejatau.

“As of noon today, a total of 92 individuals have been screened with seven tested positive and 79 still awaiting results,” he said.

Today, 199 new cases of Covid-19 infections were detected in Sarawak, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 7,624.

Sarawak reported three more deaths from Covid-19, bringing the state’s total number of fatalities due to the viral infection to 69.

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