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Covid-19: Hundreds of villagers at new cluster Saguking, Labuan to wear wristband

Tuesday, 20 Oct 2020 05:16 PM MYT

LABUAN, Oct 20 — Hundreds of villagers in the new Covid-19 cluster Saguking, Sebor, here will wear the home-quarantine wristband beginning today following the spike in positive cases in the sparsely- populated water village of mostly undocumented migrants.Labuan Health Department director, Dr Ismuni said the targeted screening for villagers in Saguking, Sebor continued today, with the exercise being part of the stay-at-home order for the villagers to remain within their radius.

The screening exercise, which commenced at 10 am, was conducted at the floating ‘balai raya’ in the water village, with several health inspectors and medical officers stationed there for the task. Dr Ismuni said two more water villages, Kg Patau-Patau 1 and 2, were also targeted for screening with hundreds of villagers including children making a beeline for the swab and Polymerase Reaction Chain tests, being held at the community hall.

 

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