Bernama file photo for illustration purposes shows a front-liner wearing a face shield.
KUCHING (Aug 23): The districts of Pakan and Kanowit have changed to Covid-19 red zones after recording 61 and 42 local transmissions respectively in the last two weeks, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).
After the change, Sarawak now has 24 red zones.
Pakan district was previously a yellow zone while Kanowit district was previously an orange zone.
SDMC said that Kabong district dropped from a red zone to an orange zone after reporting 32 local transmissions in the last 14 days while Lubok Antu, which was previously a yellow zone, changed to an orange zone after reporting 29 local transmissions in the last two weeks.
Now, there are five orange zones, eight yellow zones and three green zones.
The Ministry of Health categories a district with no local Covid-19 transmissions in 14 days as a green zone, one to 20 local transmissions as yellow zone, 21 to 40 as orange zone and 41 and more as red zone.