File photo showing employees of a company seen working in an office. — Bernama photo
KUCHING (July 12): Full workforce will be allowed only under Phase 3 of Sarawak’s road to recovery from this Covid-19 pandemic, said State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).
Also permitted will be inter-district travel subject to regulations from the SDMC, according to infographics released by the committee on Facebook yesterday.
The ban on social gatherings including weddings, celebrations, reunion and retreats will be partially lifted in Phase 3, with only 50 per cent of the premises capacity or a maximum of 200 people only allowed.
Tourism and cultural activities will also be permitted in Phase 3, with the same criteria set for social gatherings.
Sports-related activities, which are still prohibited in Phase 2, will be opened up with guidelines set by the state Youth and Sports Department.
However, other activities where physical distancing cannot be maintained will continue to be disallowed in Phase 3.
Entertainment activities such as those at night clubs or pubs, cinemas and karaoke joints including family karaoke will be allowed only in Phase 4 with guidelines set by the Local Government and Housing Ministry.
Economic activities that have been categorised under the negative list will be permitted only in Phase 4.
On Friday, SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the Sarawak government had agreed to implement phase transitions of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) based on the thresholds provided.
He said the NRP is a guide based on data and science comprising four phases with the phase transition in stages depending on three thresholds.
The thresholds are the daily number of Covid-19 cases, the intensive care unit (ICU) bed utilisation rate, and the percentage of Sarawak’s population completing both doses of vaccine.
As of last Thursday, 21.32 per cent of the state’s population had completed both doses of the Covid-19 vaccines.
While 2.2 million individuals in the state are eligible for the vaccines, 63.56 per cent of Sarawak’s population have received their first dose.