KUCHING, 17 April 2020:
The Sarawak government will be allowing internet centres to operate in green zones, and they must comply with the set guidelines, says Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
Uggah said the internet centre was among the initiatives of the Universal Service Provision programme by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
“During the implementation of Movement Control Order (MCO), we prohibited travelling from the red zone to a green zone. As such if the internet centres hire workers from green areas, we would allow them to operate.
“The internet centres are for public to check for Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) aid but what is important is that anyone who uses the centres must practice social distancing and personal hygiene,” said Uggah who is also State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) chairman during the daily press conference on Covid-19 here, today.
Among facilities provided at the centres are high-speed broadband internet service, ICT training and courses, as well as e-dagang, which have helped to increase the skills of locals and to date there are 870 internet centres under the programme operating nationwide.
Uggah said he was impressed with the people of Sarawak who showed determination in doing business during MCO by utilising the e-dagang service or online selling platforms.
“I see that there are many business owners who continue their businesses by online service and this can reduce social contacts.”
Meanwhile, three districts in Perak – Kuala Kangsar, Muallim and Kampar – have been declared as green zones or areas that have zero Covid-19 cases as no new cases have been reported over the last 14 days.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu said, however, it does not mean that residents in all three districts are free to go out.
“This is great news. So we expect these districts to remain green zones and for this status to extend (widely) to other districts throughout the state. We want Perak to be free from Covid-19 and finally the whole country.”
Perak Health director Datuk Dr Ding Lay Ming called on the people to work together to ensure Kuala Kangsar, Muallim and Kampar remained green zones.
“We still expect people to stay home, maintain social distancing especially when in the open and frequent washing of hands.”
So far, 27 districts remain as Covid-19 red zones in the country – with Lembah Pantai i nKuala Lumpur still recording the highest number of positive cases, according to the Health Ministry’s (MoH) Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC).
Based on the CPRC’s infographic, which is shared through MoH’s official social media today, Lembah Pantai recorded 577 cases as at noon yesterday compared to 572 the previous day.
Hulu Langat and Petaling recorded the second and third highest number of cases at 440 and 363, respectively.
The red zone category is for areas with more than 41 Covid-19 positive cases, orange zone (20-40 cases), yellow zone (1-19 cases) green zone (no case).
Selangor still recorded the highest number of Covid-19 positive cases, totalling 1,316.
– Bernama
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