Bernama file photo shows an active case detection exercise.
KUCHING (May 30): Lawas district has turned into a Covid-19 orange zone after recording 21 locally transmitted cases in the past 14 days, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today.
Meanwhile, SDMC said Saratok district reverted to an orange zone from red zone after recording 40 cases in the past 14 days.
With the two districts now orange zones, this brings the total number of orange zone districts to five. Aside from Saratok and Lawas, other orange zones are Daro, Simunjan and Bau.
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