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19 OKTOBER 2020 SANDAKAN: Celcom Axiata Bhd mengesahkan seorang pekerja di kedainya, bluecube di sini, positif COVID-19. Dalam satu kenyataan kelmarin, syarikat itu memaklumkan pekerja berkenaan kini menjalani kuarantin dan menunggu keputusan ujian kedua setelah menunjukkan gejala ringan. "Sebagai langkah segera dan pencegahan untuk memastikan kesejahteraan pelanggan bluecube Sandakan, kami telah menutup kedai tersebut dan bekerjasama dengan Kementerian Kesihatan untuk mengesan kontak secara terperinci dan kuarantin pekerja yang berkemungkinan kontak rapat pekerja tersebut, termasuk semua pekerja dan juruteknik di bluecube Sandakan. "Sanitasi menyeluruh mengikut garis panduan kesihatan dan keselamatan juga dilakukan di premis berkenaan," menurut kenyataan itu. Apabila mendapat pengesahan, semua pekerja bluecube Sandakan serta ahli keluarga mereka juga menjalani ujian dan kini menjalani kuarantin di rumah. Sementara itu, pelanggan di sekitar Sandakan yang memerlukan produk dan perkhidmatan Celcom boleh mengunjungi rakan kongsi sah Celcom di daerah itu atau menghubungi platform digital Celcom e-store, Celcom Life App dan Perkhidmatan Pelanggan Online Celcom. "Keselamatan, kesihatan dan kesejahteraan pekerja, pelanggan dan masyarakat sekitar tetap menjadi keutamaan kami. “Sejak 17 Mac, kami telah mematuhi dan mengamalkan segala langkah-langkah kesihatan dan keselamatan yang ketat, termasuk prosedur operasi standard yang ditetapkan oleh kerajaan di semua peringkat. "Bagi memastikan pelanggan kekal terhubung tanpa gangguan perkhidmatan rangkaian pada masa-masa yang mencabar ini, barisan hadapan kami seperti pasukan rangkaian dan bluecube akan terus memberi khidmat kepada pelanggan berdasarkan jadual kerja bergilir," menurut Celcom dalam kenyataan itu. - Bernama

18 OKTOBER 2020 PENAMPANG: Polis Daerah Penampang menafikan dakwaan mesej tular melalui WhatsApp mengenai individu yang dikenakan kompaun atas kesalahan tidak mematuhi prosedur operasi standard (SOP) Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Bersyarat (PKPB). Menerusi mesej yang ditularkan oleh pihak tidak bertanggungjawab menyatakan ‘saman dalam kereta dua penumpang tapi tidak jaga jarak.. rupanya kalau dua orang dalam kereta, penumpang kena duduk di belakang tepi, bukan di depan atau belakang pemandu, start sudah kena kuatkuasakan ni’. Mesej tular yang menyatakan penumpang dalam kenderaan persendirian perlu duduk belakang adalah tidak benar. Ketua Polis Daerah Penampang Deputi Superitendan Mohd Haris Ibrahim berkata, imej kompaun yang dikeluarkan oleh IPD Penampang itu berkaitan dengan kesalahan tiga individu menaiki sebuah kenderaan dari satu lokasi sekatan jalan raya (SJR) Jalan Penampang-Papar pada 16 Oktober. Ketiga-tiga Individu tersebut telah dikenakan tindakan kompaun di bawah Peraturan-Peraturan Pencegahan dan Pengawalan Penyakit Berjangkit (PPPPB) 2020. Penularan imej dan mesej tidak tepat tersebut merupakan satu tindakan tidak betanggungjawab dan telah mencemarkan imej pasukan polis khususnya IPD Penampang. Menurutnya, Polis Penampang ingin menegaskan bahawa info yang terkandung di dalam mesej yang ditularkan adalah tidak tepat dan tiada kaitan dengan imej kompaun tersebut. Mohd Haris berkata, polis amat memandang berat perihal ini dan memberikan amaran keras kepada orang ramai supaya tidak menyebarkan info palsu yang boleh menimbulkan kekeliruan masyarakat. Katanya, individu yang ingkar bakal behadapan dengan tindakan undang-undang. Menerusi SOP Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN), hanya dua individu dalam satu kenderaan dibenarkan. Tidak dinyatakan secara spesifik pemandu dan penumpang perlu duduk berasingan bagi menjaga jarak ketika berada dalam kenderaan. - Borneo Today

18 OKTOBER 2020 KUALA LUMPUR: Ratu gimnas negara Farah Ann Abdul Hadi mengambil sikap berkecuali dan tidak mahu terbabit dalam kemelut dalaman yang melanda Persekutuan Gimnastik Malaysia (MGF) pada masa ini. Gimnas berusia 25 tahun itu berkata beliau lebih mengutamakan fokus terhadap latihan dan persediaan ke Sukan Olimpik Tokyo, tahun depan, berbanding memihak kepada mana-mana individu atau terpalit dengan politik dalaman persekutuan tersebut. Berbaki kira-kira 10 bulan menjelang Sukan Olimpik Tokyo yang dijadual berlangsung pada Julai tahun depan, Farah Ann berkata beliau lebih berminat dalam misi mencipta kejayaan pada temasya sukan terbesar dunia itu berbanding memikirkan masalah MGF. “Latihan tidak terganggu (walaupun MGF berdepan kemelut dalaman) sebab program kita di bawah Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN). Alhamdulillah sekarang semua mengikut perancangan, dan saya hanya jalankan tanggungjawab sebagai atlet untuk teruskan latihan,” katanya kepada Sukan Plus Bernama TV, baru-baru ini. Minggu lepas, MGF berdepan pergolakan selepas tujuh ahli gabungannya menyatakan usul hilang kepercayaan terhadap presidennya, Rachel Lau dan menggesa diadakan mesyuarat agung luar biasa (EGM). Namun, Rachel dalam jawapan balasnya, berkata MGF tidak mempunyai klausa 'undi tidak percaya', sekali gus membayangkan beliau tidak akan melepaskan jawatan nombor satu badan induk itu. Berkongsi lanjut, Farah Ann berkata dalam apa jua situasi, badan induk itu perlu kembali kepada landasan asalnya dalam memayungi atlet gimnastik dan membangunkan sukan tersebut di Malaysia. “Tugas atlet jalani latihan, namun pada masa sama saya juga ingin melihat masa depan sukan gimnastik di Malaysia bertambah baik. Sesiapa sahaja yang menerajui MGF, perlu sematkan perkara itu dalam fikiran dan memastikan atlet dan sukan gimnastik mempunyai masa depan yang lebih baik,” katanya. Farah Ann mengesahkan tiket ke Olimpik Tokyo selepas mencatat keputusan memberangsangkan pada Kejohanan Gimnastik Artistik Dunia 2019 di Stuttgart, Jerman, sekali gus menamatkan penantian rakyat Malaysia selama 20 tahun untuk melihat gimnas wanita negara kembali beraksi di pentas Olimpik, selepas Au Li Yen pada Sukan Olimpik 2000 di Sydney. - Bernama

18 OKTOBER 2020 Oleh Wartawan Nabalu News KOTA KINABALU: Seramai empat pegawai dari Institut Perubatan Forensik Negara, Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) telah dimobilisasi ke Hospital Tawau pada pagi 18 Oktober (hari ini). Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Tan Sri Dr.Noor Hisham Abdullan berkata, pasukan pakar itu akan menjalankan tugas perubatan forensik dan pengurusan kematian akibat Covid-19 di kawasan Timur Sabah. “Pakar Perubatan Forensik tersebut, akan bertugas di Tawau selama tiga bulan. Mereka terdiri daripada seorang Pakar Perubatan Forensik, dua orang Pegawai Perubatan dan seorang Penolong Pegawai Perubatan,” kata Noor Hisham melalui perkongsian dalam Facebooknya, hari ini. Beliau berkata, kesemua petugas barisan hadapan itu telah bersiap-sedia untuk menjalankan tugas di lapangan dalam usaha negara membendung penularan pandemik Covid-19. "Bagi pihak rakyat Malaysia, terima kasih diucapkan kepada wira-wira negara ini,” katanya.

18 OKTOBER 2020 KUALA LUMPUR: Four officers from the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, Kuala Lumpur Hospital (KLH) have been mobilised to the Tawau Hospital in Sabah today to carry out forensic medicine duties and managing COVID-19 fatalities. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the team comprise a forensic medicine specialist, two medical officers and an assistant medical officer. “The specialist will work in Tawau for three months. These frontliners have been prepared to carry out field work in the country’s bid to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. “On behalf of all Malaysians, thank you to these heroes of the country,” he said in a Facebook posting this morning. As of yesterday, a total of 767 medical and health personnel from various categories and service schemes under the Health Ministry have been mobilised to Tawau, Lahad Datu, Semporna, Sandakan and Kota Kinabalu. COVID-19-related fatalities have been recorded almost every day in Sabah for the past week, with four cases reported yesterday. - Bernama

18 OKTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor has recovered from COVID-19 and was discharged from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital here at 10.30 am today. Also discharged from the hospital is his wife, Datin Juliah Salag. Hajiji, in expressing concern over the surge in COVID-19 cases in Sabah, said the state government would do its best to curb the spread of the epidemic. “The important thing is that the people must be disciplined, cooperate and always abide by the standard operating procedures set by the government," he said in a statement, today. Meanwhile, Hajiji thanked Sabah Health director Datuk Dr Christina Rundi; HQE director Dr William Gotulis; Head of Infectious Diseases Unit Dr Lee Heng Gee; specialist doctors and nurses who have treated him and his wife. He also expressed his appreciation and gratitude to those who always prayed for his recovery and health, as well as the frontliners, who have been working hard and sacrificing their time and energy to curb the spread of COVID-19.

18 OKTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Panglima Hajiji Haji Noor telah pulih daripada Covid-19 dan dibenarkan keluar dari wad Hospital Queen Elizabeth (QEH) Kota Kinabalu, pagi tadi. Turut dibenarkan pulang ialah isteri beliau, Datin Seri Panglima Hajah Julia Salag. Hajiji yang bimbang dengan peningkatan jumlah kes Covid-19 di Sabah berkata, kerajaan negeri akan berusaha sedaya upaya untuk membendung penularan wabak itu. "Apa yang penting ialah rakyat mesti berdisiplin, bekerjasama dan sentiasa mematuhi Prosedur Operasi Standard (SOP) yang ditetapkan oleh pihak kerajaan," katanya. Beliau menzahirkan penghargaan kepada Pengarah Kesihatan Negeri, Datuk Dr. Christina Rundi, Pengarah Hospital QEH 1, Dr. William Gotulis, Ketua Unit Penyakit Berjangkit, Dr. Lee Heng Gee, doktor-doktor pakar dan para jururawat yang telah merawatnya dan isteri. "Saya mengucapkan terima kasih kepada semua khusunya mereka yang sentiasa mendoakan kesembuhan dan kesihatan saya dan para petugas barisan hadapan (frontliners) yang bertungkus lumus mengorbankan masa dan tenaga membendung penularan wabak Covid-19," katanya.

18 OKTOBER 2020 Oleh Wartawan Nabalu News KOTA KINABALU: Lima lagi kluster baharu Covid-19 dikesan di seluruh negara kelmarin termasuk satu kluster di Sabah. Kelima-lima kluster itu, iaitu Kluster Teduh (Sabah), Kluster Menara dan Kluster Keladi Selangor, Kluster Sentral Kuala Lumpur dan Kluster Bah Bemban Terangganu telah menjangkiti seramai 87 individu. Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Tan Sri Dr.Noor Hisham Abdullah berkata, Kluster Teduh dikesan di Lahad Datu dan telah menjangkiti 11 individu. “Kes indeks bagi kluster ini iaitu kes ke-13000) dikenal pasti positif Covid-19 hasil saringan individu yang mempunyai sejarah perjalanan dari daerah berisiko tinggi iaitu Semporna pada 6 Oktober dan dimasukkan ke Hospital Lahad Datu. “Saringan kontak rapat telah mengenal pasti 10 lagi kes positif Covid-19. Sehingga kelmarin (17 Oktober) sejumlah 535 individu telah disaring, di mana 11 kes dikesan positif dan 524 individu masih menunggu keputusan,” katanya pada sidang media secara maya melalui Facebook Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia, kelmarin. Noor Hisham berkata, Kluster Menara membabitkan daerah Gombak, Petaling, Klang, Sepang dan Hulu Langat; daerah Lembah Pantai, Titiwangsa dan Cheras di WP Kuala Lumpur; daerah Larut, Matang dan Selama di Perak serta Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya telah menjangkiti 33 individu. Beliau berkata Kluster Keladi Selangor pula melibatkan daerah Klang dan telah menjangkiti 26 individu. “Kes indeks bagi kluster ini iaitu kes ke-17381 telah dikenal pasti positif Covid-19 hasil saringan kontak rapat pada 13 Oktober dan telah dimasukkan ke Hospital Sungai Buloh. Saringan kontak rapat telah mengenal pasti 25 lagi kes positif Covid-19. Sehingga 17 Oktober sejumlah 107 individu telah disaring, di mana 26 kes dikesan positif; 74 individu negatif dan selebihnya masih menunggu keputusan,” katanya. Bagi Kluster Sentral pula, ia dikenal pasti di Kepong, Cheras dan Titiwangsa, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur dan telah menjangkiti lima individu. “Kes indeks bagi kluster ini (iaitu kes ke-18676) yang juga merupakan kes kematian ke-176, dikenal pasti positif Covid-19 hasil saringan kematian di sebuah pusat perubatan pada 16 Oktober. Saringan kontak rapat telah mengenal pasti empat lagi kes positif. “Sehingga kelmarin, sejumlah 135 individu telah disaring, di mana lima dikesan positif; 122 individu negatif; dan lapan individu masih menunggu keputusan,” katanya. Noor Hisham berkata, Kluster Bah Bemban melibatkan daerah Dungun, Terengganu dan Kota Kinabalu, Sabah dan telah menjangkiti 12 individu.

18 OKTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: Yayasan Osimal kelmarin menghulurkan sumbangan berupa kamar isolasi mudah alih pertama kepada Hospital Likas di Sabah untuk merawat pesakit yang diuji positif COVID-19. Pengerusinya, Tan Sri Richard Malanjum berkata peralatan itu menelan kos kira-kira RM130,000 dan boleh membantu petugas barisan hadapan di Hospital Likas menangani virus tersebut. "Kami mengucapkan berbanyak-banyak terima kasih kepada para penderma kerana mereka begitu bermurah hati membantu kami atas semangat 'rakyat jaga rakyat.' "Selain peralatan ini, kami akan menyerahkan kira-kira 20 unit respirator pemurni udara (PAPR) pada Isnin ini yang setiap satunya bernilai RM8,000," katanya kepada pemberita selepas menyampaikan peralatan kamar isolasi mudah alih kepada Pengarah Hospital Likas Dr Marcus Netto kelmarin. Sementara itu, Dr Marcus berkata Hospital Likas memerlukan lebih banyak pihak yang boleh membekalkan peralatan perubatan termasuk peralatan perlindungan peribadi (PPE) memandangkan jumlah kes mereka yang dijangkiti COVID-19 di Sabah terus meningkat. - Bernama

18 OKTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: Osimal Foundation today contributed the first mobile isolation chamber in Sabah to Likas Hospital for treating patients who tested positive for COVID-19. Its chairman Tan Sri Richard Malanjum said the chamber cost about RM130,000 and could help frontliners at the hospital to deal with the virus. “We thank the donors, they are very kind to help us, with the spirit of 'rakyat jaga rakyat'. "Besides this equipment, we are also handing over about 20 units of powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) on Monday which cost RM8,000 each,” he told reporters after handing over the chamber to Likas Hospital director Dr Marcus Netto yesterday. Meanwhile, Dr Marcus said Likas Hospital needed more medical equipment suppliers including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as the total cases of those infected with COVID-19 in Sabah continue to increase. – Bernama

18 OKTOBER 2020 KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MOH) today identified five more new COVID-19 clusters, bringing the total number of current active clusters in the country, to date, to 81. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the clusters were the Teduh Cluster in Lahad Datu, Sabah and the Menara Cluster identified in Gombak, Petaling, Klang, Sepang and Hulu Langat districts in Selangor; Lembah Pantai, Titiwangsa and Cheras districts in Kuala Lumpur; Larut, Matang and Selama districts in Perak and the Federal Territory of Putrajaya. "The other three clusters are the Keladi Cluster in Klang district, Selangor; Sentral Cluster in Kepong, Cheras and Titiwangsa, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Bah Bemban Cluster in Dungun district, Terengganu," he said at a virtual press conference posted on the Ministry of Health's Facebook page yesterday. Elaborating on the clusters, Dr Noor Hisham said the Teduh Cluster index case (the 13,000th case) had been identified as a result of screening of individuals with a history of travel from the high-risk district of Semporna on Oct 6 and was admitted to Lahad Datu Hospital. Close contact screening has identified 10 more positive cases for the cluster making the total number at 11 cases, he said. For the Menara Cluster, its index case (namely, the 16,041st case) was identified after the screening of a symptomatic individual on Oct 9 who was admitted to the Sungai Buloh Hospital, Selangor. Close contact screenings had identified 32 more positive cases making the total number until today at 33 cases. "For the Keladi Cluster, the index case for the cluster, the 17,381st, was identified as a result of close contact screening on Oct 13 and admitted to the Sungai Buloh Hospital. Close contact screenings identified 25 more positive cases and the total number of positive cases detected is 26," he said. On the Sentral Cluster, the index case for the cluster was the 18,676th case, which is also the 176th death, was tested positive as a result of the screening of a death at a medical centre on Oct 16 and so far there were five positive cases. For the Bah Bemban Cluster, the index case for the cluster (namely the 12,082nd case) was tested positive after a screening of the victim upon returning from high a risk area (Sabah) on Oct 3 and was admitted to Hulu Terengganu Hospital, Kuala Berang. Close contact screenings had been conducted and, so far, there were 12 positive cases in the cluster. Dr Noor Hisham said there was an increase in positive cases in 32 active clusters while another 49 clusters recorded zero increase yesterday. Among the clusters that recorded the highest positive cases were the Remand Prison Cluster which recorded 160 cases, the Utama Cluster (42), the Tembok Cluster (38), the Tujuh Serangkai Cluster (30) and the Seberang Perai Prison Cluster which recorded 26 cases. One cluster, the Ara Cluster, ended, bringing the total number of clusters that had ended after 28 days of monitoring and not recording a case to 105 clusters. - Bernama

18 OKTOBER 2020 KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry (MoH) has increased the capacity and mobilisation of assets and human resources in ensuring the public health and medical system in Sabah continue to be sustainable in containing the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the effort included doubling the capacity of Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) laboratory tests and Antigen Rapid Test Kit (RTK Antigen) tests. “In July, the RT-PCR test capacity in Sabah was 1,350 tests. It has since been increased to 2,600 RT-PCR tests a day with RT-PCR samples being sent daily to the Institute of Medical Research (IMR) and the National Public Health Laboratory (MKAK) using the services of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) and Pos Laju. “Outsourcing services to private laboratories are also being done, for example on Oct 16, a total of 4,327 tests were outsourced to private laboratories so that more screenings can continue to be conducted in the field," he said in an online media conference via MOH’s Facebook today. In addition to this, bed capacity in nine COVID-19 hospitals, as well as 21 quarantine and low-risk treatment centres in Sabah, had also been increased 2.5 times, from 2,129 beds in early September to the current total of 5,414 beds. Dr Noor Hisham said the field hospital set up in collaboration with the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) in Tawau can house 100 beds for non-COVID-19 patients, freeing up more beds for COVID-19 patients at the Tawau Hospital. So far, the bed occupancy rate (BOR) in Sabah stands at 35 per cent, he said. The ministry has also the capacity of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds and ventilators in Sabah that were procured through special allocations by the government and contributions from various parties, he added. Currently, he said a total of 180 ventilators and 122 ICU beds are available with usage rates of 32 per cent and 72 per cent respectively, including for non-COVID-19 cases. “To increase the number of ICU beds, the MOH has carried out repurposing of clinical areas in several health facilities where areas within the hospital are modified for the purpose of treatment of COVID-19 critical patients COVID-19 (modular ward ICU). This helps to increase the number of existing ICU beds in Sabah. “Innovations to enable one ventilator machine to be used by two COVID-19 patients have also been introduced. This innovation is called the 'ventilator splitter' using 3D printing technology which has been implemented in several other countries," Dr Noor Hisham said. In increasing the mobilisation of human resources, a total of 767 MOH medical and public health personnel from various categories and service schemes have been deployed to Tawau, Lahad Datu, Semporna, Sandakan and Kota Kinabalu. Dr Noor Hisham said more personnel would be deployed in due time, with 99 leaving for Sabah this week and another group comprising 36 public health and 63 medical personnel next week. MOH has also made contract appointments for 1,899 health workers who will then be mobilised to states in need, especially in Sabah. “The MOH has also intensified the involvement of more volunteers from Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) and individual volunteers in dealing with this crisis, and so far 4,794 registrations have been received and in the process of screening. More volunteers are urged to help out and so far, two NGOs have sent 15 members to Sabah,” he said. To ensure the continuity of services and for treatment of non-COVID-19 cases to be not affected, the Sabah Health Department has discussed and signed several agreements with private hospitals for the purpose of outsourcing. The private hospitals involved are the National Heart Institute (IJN), Gleneagles Hospital Kota Kinabalu, Gleneagles Hospital Penang, KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital, Tawau Specialist Medical Center and Jesselton Medical Center. Responding to media queries, Dr Noor Hisham said so far, supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the use of the whole country, especially for Sabah, was sufficient and an emergency procurement application was approved on Oct 2. He said the stock would be closely monitored through a central database and mobilisation would be carried out immediately when required. “MOH receives many applications for PPE donations and other medical needs. The ministry accepts the donations even though there is enough stock, this enables additional stock for future use when needed," he said. On medical practitioners, nurses and qualified individuals in the medical and public health field who want to become MOH volunteers, Dr Noor Hisham said so far 4,794 applications have been received. "The ministry has a set of criteria in selecting the volunteers, which is by looking at past practice and experience and aspects of health are also taken into account. Health screening is underway and they will be sent immediately. We are not just looking at short-term but mid-term and long term as well. "The Ministry is always looking at current situations. What we are experiencing is an additional 25 per cent of cases coming from prisons in the Peninsula. We have to review the SOPs in prisons and ensure that health screening is carried out not only in prisons but also in detention centres and police lockups so that they are protected from this pandemic,” he said. – Bernama