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15 OKTOBER 2020 BEAUFORT: Parti Warisan Sabah Bahagian Lumadan mengagihkan sumbangan berupa makanan, pelitup muka dan hand sanitizer kepada penduduk di kawasan itu. Jurucakap parti itu, Ag Ku Zaidi Pg Wahab berkata, bantuan itu bertujuan meringankan beban para penduduk yang terkesan akibat wabak covid-19. "Walaupun bantuan ini tidak menyeluruh tetapi sekurang-kurangnya ia dapat membantu penduduk yang benar-benar memerlukannya selama dalam Perintah Kawalan Pergerakkan Bersyarat (PKPB)," Katanya. Beliau juga meminta agar para pemimpin lain di kawasan itu turun padang dan sama-sama menghulurkan bantuan kepada penduduk yang memerlukan. Turut sama dalam agihan sumbangan ini Mahadi Mumin, Timbalan Ketua Bahagian Warisan Sipitang. Warisan DUN Lumadan akan meneruskan agihan bantuan kepada semua mukim di kawasan itu.

15 OKTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: Pasukan Polis Marin (PPM) menahan tiga lelaki yang dipercayai mencuri dari sebuah kapal yang berlabuh di perairan Kota Kinabalu pada 12 Okt lepas. Pegawai Pemerintah Markas Operasi PPM Kota Kinabalu ASP Enturan Lageh berkata ketiga-tiga suspek ditahan dalam Ops Landai Khas, tengah hari semalam. "Suspek yang berumur 31 hingga 42 tahun terbabit diberkas di Kampung Pondo, Pulau Gaya susulan aduan daripada penjaga kapal ‘Shasvada’ tentang kehilangan barang-barang di dalam kapal berkenaan,” katanya dalam kenyataan hari ini. Enturan berkata dalam operasi itu, pihaknya turut merampas dua unit peti ais dari rumah seorang suspek. Semakan awal mendapati dua daripada suspek juga tidak mempunyai dokumen pengenalan diri dan kesemua mereka telah diserahkan kepada Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kota Kinabalu untuk tindakan lanjut. – Bernama

15 OKTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) mengesahkan seorang kakitangan Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) di sini positif COVID-19 dan kini sedang menjalani rawatan di hospital. TH menerusi kenyataan hari ini memberitahu kakitangan tersebut telah menjalani saringan COVID-19 pada 8 Okt dan didapati positif hari ini. "TH juga telah menutup semua cawangannya di Sabah bermula 7 Okt sebaik sahaja menerima arahan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Bersyarat (PKPB) dari Kerajaan Negeri Sabah. "Berdasarkan penilaian risiko yang dilakukan oleh KKM, anggota yang dikenal pasti kontak rapat dengan pegawai yang dijangkiti COVID-19 telah diarahkan untuk menjalani ujian saringan serta menjalani kuarantin kendiri selama 14 hari," katanya. TH juga memaklumkan pihaknya akan melaksanakan sanitasi kawasan kerja Ibu Pejabat TH Kota Kinabalu dan bekerjasama rapat dengan KKM dengan mengambil langkah pencegahan bagi meminimumkan potensi jangkitan kepada warga kerja lain juga para pendeposit yang berurusan di kaunter TH. Menurut kenyataan itu TH sentiasa mengutamakan keselamatan warga kerja dan para pendepositnya dan menasihati orang awam khususnya pendeposit berurusan di Bangunan Pejabat TH untuk sentiasa mematuhi semua garis panduan dan prosedur operasi standard yang ditetapkan di semua pintu masuk dan kaunter TH. - Bernama

15 OKTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: Tiga nelayan berhadapan detik cemas selepas enjin bot dinaiki mengalami kerosakan di perairan Karambunai di sini. Kesemua nelayan terbabit bagaimanapun berjaya diselamatkan Pasukan Polis Marin (PPM) yang menjalankan rondaan operasi Op Benteng serta Op COVID-19. Pegawai Pemerintah Markas Operasi PPM Kota Kinabalu Asisten Superintendan Enturan Lageh berkata pihaknya menerima laporan awal berkenaan kerosakan bot terbabit melalui Pusat Kawalan IPD Kota Kinabalu sebelum melaksanakan Operasi Mencari dan Menyelamat (SAR). “Bot mangsa ditemukan botronda PPM di perairan Karambunai dengan jarak 12.6 batu nautika dari pangkalan PPM kira-kira jam12.22 petang. “Hasil siasatan mendapati ketiga-tiga nelayan berasal dari Kampung Lok Urai Pulau Gaya dan bot dinaiki mengalami kerosakan enjin kira-kira jam 1.30 pagi sebelumnya,” katanya. Beliau berkata pihaknya kemudian menyelamatkan kesemua nelayan terbabit dan menunda bot itu ke Lok Urai Pulau Gaya. Dalam perkembangan berasingan beliau berkata PPM berjaya menahan seorang lelaki berumur 36 tahun membabitkan kes curi di Kampung Pondo Pulau Gaya di sini. “Semasa penahanan suspek kita berjaya merampas pelbagai jenis barangan curi termasuk pam besi, enam unit peralatan komponen enjin, gunting pemotong besi, gergaji besi dan alat penimbang. “Kesemua rampasan yang dianggarkan bernilai RM6,800 dan suspek diserahkan kepada Bahagian Siasatan Jenayah IPD Kota Kinabalu untuk tindakan selanjutnya. Kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 380 Kanun Keseksaan," katanya. - UTUSAN BORNEO/ WARTAWAN VIVI OLIVIANA NAJURUS

15 OKTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: Pakatan Harapan (PH) Sabah memutuskan untuk tidak mengambil bahagian dalam Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Parlimen Batu Sapi akan datang. Ketua PH Sabah, Datuk Christina Liew berkata keputusan itu adalah untuk menunjukkan rasa hormat kepada mendiang Datuk V.K Liew yang terakhir memegang kerusi Parlimen Batu Sapi di bawah Parti Warisan Sabah. “PH Sabah (PKR, DAP dan Amanah) adalah rakan kongsi Gabungan Warisan Plus,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan, di sini. Liew berkhidmat sebagai Ahli Parlimen Batu Sapi dari Mei 2018 sehingga menghembuskan nafasnya yang terakhir pada 2 Oktober 2020. Christina, yang juga Ketua PKR Sabah, meminta parti atau individu lain supaya tidak ikut serta dan sekiranya berhasrat untuk bertanding pada PRK, pastikan mematuhi prosedur operasi standard (SOP). "Dengan mengambil iktibar daripada Pilihan Raya Negeri Sabah baru-baru ini, ada keperluan yang nyata untuk memperketatkan SOP untuk menjalankan pilihan raya," katanya. Tarikh pengundian untuk PRK Batu Sapi ditetapkan pada 5 Disember ini. - Oleh Safrah Mat Salleh / Utusan Borneo

4 OCTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Community Development and People’s Wellbeing Ministry will continue to monitor the process of food baskets distribution to the targeted groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, said its minister Shahelmey Yahya. He said, the state government has distributed a total of 12,313 food baskets to the targeted groups throughout the state to date. He added that, the federal National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) have also distributed a total of 6,300 food baskets and will channel more. "We will be distributing the food baskets to areas under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO), Targeted Enhanced Movement Control Order (TEMCO) and Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO)," he said in a statement here, Wednesday. According to Shahelmey, the distribution of food baskets will be carried out in stages as CMCO takes place state-wide and that quarantined families will be prioritised. He also advised Sabahans, especially those in the 11 red zones, to reduce their movement to help break the Covid-19 chain.

14 OCTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Youth and Sports Ministry has today announced that all form of sports, recreational, training and competition activities will be stopped immediately until further notice. Its minister Datuk Ellron Angin urged all sports activists, sport premises owners, managers or operators to comply with the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) set by the National Security Council and Local Authorities. This he said is important to help break the Covid-19 transmission chain in the state. Ellron also revealed that the Malaysia League football match between Sabah and UiTM teams which was supposed to take place on October 10 at the Likas Stadium has been postponed to October 19 (Monday). "However, due to the increased of Covid-19 cases and inter-district travel bans, the Sabah Football Association (SAFA) had sent a letter to the organisers of the Malaysian Football League (MFL) to change the venue from Likas Stadium to UiTM Shah Alam Stadium on October 19. "Even so, the match cannot be held, and the association has contacted MFL chief executive officer to postpone the match again. “MFL has decided to postpone the match to October 31 which will be held at the UiTM Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor," he said in a statement, here, today. Ellron hoped the explanation will resolve the confusion of all sports activists and football fans in the state.

14 OCTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: A total of 3,242 Covid-19 patients in Sabah are still being treated to date while 2,208 patients have recovered, said Minister of Local Government and Housing Datuk Masidi Manjun. He said, the state has recorded a total of 5,493 cases since the beginning of the movement control order (MCO) in March 18. “Based on the report by the State Health Department, a total of 429 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in Sabah today. Four death cases were also reported,” he said in a statement here, Wednesday. He also reminded the public, including those allowed to operate, to comply with the set Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) throughout the period of Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO). Meanwhile, he stated that a total of 19,587 food baskets have been distributed to targeted groups to date. “The food basket aid distribution was monitored by the Ministry of Community Development and People’s Welfare,” said Masidi who is also the Minister of Finance ll. He also reiterated that entertainment outlets like night clubs, pubs, cinemas and gambling activities are strictly prohibited. Ends

14 OCTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: Sabah recorded four more Covid-19 deaths today bringing the cumulative number of death cases in Malaysia to 167 cases. Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the four victims, three were Malaysian aged between 73 to 80 years old, who died at Lahad Datu Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Duchess of Kent Hospital Sandakan. “Meanwhile, a 47-year-old foreign national also died at Duchess of Kent Hospital. All patients had existing medical conditions," he stated. Noor Hisham added that, to date, there are 108 positive cases of Covid-19 being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), of which 35 cases require respiratory assistance.

14 OCTOBER 2020 KOTA KINABALU: Sabah continues to top the most new daily Covid-19 cases among the country, where 429 cases or 65 per cent out of the total 660 new nationwide cases reported today were recorded in the state. Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said, the latest addition brings the total of Covid-19 infections in Sabah to 17,540. “If we look at the main fraction of the cases reported today, Sabah still recorded the highest number of cases at 429. “More screening activities are being carried out and we have gotten more test results,” he said in a virtual press conference, Wednesday. According to Noor Hisham, of the total number of positive cases today, 197 tested positive from a close contact screening, while 78 cases were from existing clusters and 54 cases from other Covid-19 screening activities. He added that a total of 233 patients have recovered from the virus today, bring the total number of nationwide recoveries to 11,605, which also translates to 66.2 per cent recovery rate. The number of active cases in the country as of Wednesday stands at 5,768.

14 OKTOBER 2020 OLEH WARTAWAN NABALU NEWS KOTA KINABALU: Kementerian Pembangunan Masyarakat dan Kesejahteraan Rakyat Sabah akan terus memantau proses pengagihan bakul makanan kepada kumpulan sasar. Menterinya Ir Shahelmey Yahya berkata, setakat ini kerajaan negeri telah mengagihkan sebanyak 12,313 bakul makanan kepada kumpulan sasar di negeri ini. Beliau berkata, selain bantuan kerajaan negeri, Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (Nadma) di peringkat Persekutuan turut menyalurkan bantuan dan setakat ini 6,300 bakul makanan diagihkan kepada kumpulan sasar. “Pengagihan bantuan makanan ini melibatkan kawasan-kawasan yang dikenakan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Diperketatkan (PKPD), Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Diperketatkan Bersyarat (PKPDB) dan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Bersyarat (PKPB),” katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini, hari ini. Shahelmey berkata, oleh kerana PKPB telah dikuatkuasakan di seluruh Sabah, maka agihan bakul makanan akan dijalankan secara berperingkat-peringkat, keutamaan diberikan kepada keluarga yang dikuarantin. Beliau turut menasihatkan rakyat Sabah terutamanya di 11 zon merah supaya mengurangkan pergerakan, bagi memutuskan rangkaian Covid-19.

14 OKTOBER 2020 OLEH WARTAWAN NABALU NEWS KOTA KINABALU: Sabah mencatatkan empat lagi kes kematian akibat Covid-19, pada hari ini menjadikan jumlah kumulatif kes kematian di Malaysia sebanyak 167 kes (1.0 peratus daripada jumlah keseluruhan kes). Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah berkata, keempat-empat mangsa berumur 47 hingga 80 tahun iaitu tiga wanita dan seorang lelaki, masing-masing satu kes di Hospital Lahad Datu dan Hospital Queen Elizabeth serta dua kes di Hospital Duchess of Kent Sandakan. “Kesemua pesakit mempunyai latar belakang penyakit darah tinggi, gout dan kencing manis,” katanya. Noor Hisham berkata, sehingga kini, terdapat 108 kes positif Covid-19 sedang dirawat di Unit Rawatan Rapi (ICU), di mana 35 kes memerlukan bantuan pernafasan.