SIBU: Eighty special tents of the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) have been installed at the Sibu Indoor Stadium by members of the Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM), as it has been designated a Covid-19 quarantine centre.
Sarawak Housing and Public Health Assistant Minister Dr Annuar Rapaee said the move is a contingency in the event that the current quarantine centre in Kemuyang becomes fully occupied.
"This is only (a contingency) should the situation become more pressing, and we hope not to use it, as we are working hard to break the Covid-19 transmission chain," he said when contacted.
Through his Facebook page, Dr Annuar, who is also the Nangka assemblyman, said the quarantine centre is a back-up facility.
Sibu district became a Covid-19 red zone on Sunday when 44 cases were recorded over the past two days, starting with 37 cases reported under the Pasai Cluster on Friday, which started with a woman who returned from Johor Baru after attending her father's funeral at Rumah Langi, Pasai Siong. - BERNAMA