Sabah: Three more districts, including KK, under lockdown

COVID-19 | The National Security Council has placed three more Sabah districts under stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of Covid-19.

The affected districts which will go under lockdown at 12am on Wednesday (Oct 7) are Kota Kinabalu, Penampang, and Putatan.

In terms of necessities, essential services - including factories and those involved in the supply chain - are allowed to continue operations.

Dawn-to-dusk (6am to 6pm) rules have been imposed for the business hours of restaurants, food stalls, convenience shops, petrol stations, and pharmacies.

Dine-in customers are prohibited.

All markets, except pasar harian (6am to 2pm), are not allowed to open.

In terms of travel, during this period, only Sabahans are allowed to enter any parts of the state.

A maximum of two people can travel together to shop for supplies. Taxis and e-hailing cars can only ferry two passengers.

Those working outside of the affected districts are not allowed to leave.

Questions can be posed to the Sabah Disaster Management operations centre at 088-369434.

Just a week ago, the authorities had enforced similar stay-at-home orders in the districts of Tawau, Semporna, Kunak, and Lahad Datu.

There are 26 districts in Sabah.

According to the Sabah health department, the Kota Kinabalu had 160 active cases as of yesterday.

The districts of Penampang and Putatan had 17 and 11 active cases respectively.

So far, the worst-hit districts are led by Semporna with 451 active cases, Tawau (340), Kunak (132), and Lahad Datu (98).

Other Sabah districts with double-digit active cases are Papar (28) and Sandakan (22).

The only two districts without any cases are Nabawan and Keningau.

In total, there were 1,206 active cases in Sabah as of noon yesterday.

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