Kota Kinabalu: Children below 12 years old are allowed to dine-in at eateries starting Oct 12 on condition that they are accompanied by fully vaccinated parents, said Sabah’s Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun.
He said children are also allowed to enter business premises such as malls, hotels and its facilities such as swimming pools and take part in picnic or camping activities.
He added that the same permission applies to adolescents aged 12 to 18, on condition that they have completed at least their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
“Sunday markets, farmers’ markets (pasar tani and pasar tamu) and night markets are allowed to operate in districts that have reached at least 60 per cent vaccination rate of its adult population,” said Masidi in a statement, Monday.
He added that market operations are subject to risk evaluation and approval from the local authority, while hawkers, operators and visitors must be fully vaccinated. Sabah recorded 532 new Covid-19 cases on Monday and six deaths – two each in Putatan and Tenom and one each in Kota Kinabalu and Keningau.
Masidi said Kota Kinabalu topped the caseload with 74 cases, followed by Ranau (55), Kota Belud (53), Keningau (38), Tenom (34), Penampang (34), Sandakan (28), Tuaran (24), Putatan (22) and Tawau (21).
“Several districts have recorded a significant decrease, including Pitas (-25), Beluran (-19), Beaufort (-14), Papar (-12) and Lahad Datu (-12),” he said.
He added that 33.27 per cent of the caseload are symptomatic cases, which signifies that sporadic transmissions contribute greatly to the rise and fall of Sabah’s daily cases, while close contacts accounted for 54.7 per cent of the caseload.
Of the 532 cases, he said only 50.75 per cent reflected infections that were registered in the last 24 hours.
Masidi said 96.42 per cent of cases are category one and two infections, while four are in category three, five in category four and two in category five. Eight cases are still being evaluated.
He said eight cases involved babies less than a year old, 36 involved one to five-year-olds, 41 involved six to 11-year-olds, 31 involved 12 to 17-year-olds, 78 involved 18 to 25 -year-olds, 274 involved 26 to 59-year-olds whereas 64 cases involved those aged above 60 years.
The caseload also comprised 516 Malaysians and 16 non-Malaysians, 521 local cases and 11 imported cases, while 198 are unvaccinated and 303 have completed both doses.
Some 1,623 Covid-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital while 2,402 patients are currently receiving treatment at hospitals, low risk quarantine and treatment centres (PKRCs), prisons/temporary detention centres and private facilities.
Masidi said 134 patients are under critical care, with 112 in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/repurposed critical care as well as 22 in the open ward (high dependency ward (HDW)/acute cubicle), with 42 needing ventilator support.
Sabah’s bed capacity is at 6,525 units with an occupancy rate of 36.81 per cent, he added.
On Sabah’s immunisation programme, Masidi 48,935 individuals were vaccinated on Oct 10, of which 18,748 were adults and 30,187 were teenagers.
“As of Oct 10, some 2,375,174 individuals have completed their first dose, of which 75.3 per cent were adults. Some 2,018,854 individuals have completed both doses of the vaccine, of which 1,927,171 were adults,” he said.
He added that 298,719 teenagers have received their first dose, whereas 91,683 teenagers have been fully vaccinated thus far.
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