KOTA KINABALU: The state government today said that Sabahans in Brunei could return to the state without having to undergo compulsory quarantine.
State Housing and Local Government Minister Masidi Manjun said they must however undergo the Covid-19 RT-PCR or RTK-Ag screening test before returning.
“The test result must be obtained one to three days before entering Sabah,” he said in a statement today.
Masidi, who is also the Covid-19 spokesman for Sabah, said the state government also allowed families to sit together at a table when dining at restaurants.
On another development, he said Covid-19 screening was conducted on a large scale at the Tawau temporary detention centre today and the results would be known tomorrow.
This could lead to a surge in new cases of infection in the district.
Masidi said 260 Covid-19 cases were recorded today, bringing the cumulative number in the state to 33,371 and three deaths in Sandakan.
He said 139 of the new cases today were the result of close contact screening in 15 districts, with 52 of the cases from screening in the existing clusters, and the rest from symptomatic screening (34 cases), community screening (eight) and other categories (27).
He added that 400 Covid-19 patients were reported to have recovered and discharged from hospital, bringing the cumulative number in Sabah to 30,283.
Meanwhile, 2,192 patients are still receiving treatment, including 603 at hospitals and 1,589 at the quarantine and low-risk treatment centres (PKRC).
At the Covid-19 hospitals and PKRC, 6,567 beds (33.38%) are in use today.
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