Photo : Thumbs up from Liew (2nd right), Liang (on her right) and others at the handing-over of the consignment.
KOTA KINABALU: There are positive signs that the COVID-19 situation is gradually subsiding at least in Sabah, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Christina Liew.
She said going by the current graph, it can be seen that the curve is being flattened to be a plateau and moving towards a stabilising level.
“For instance, Tawau and Kota Kinabalu which were initially in the red zone, are now in the yellow zone as some of the patients have recovered. Semporna is in the green zone with no new case recorded. The last reported COVID-19 fatality in Sabah was on April 10.
“This is attributed to the State leadership, the Sabah COVID-19 Command Centre and the people’s co-operation by complying with the Movement Control Order (MCO), not forgetting the hard work of the frontliners in the essential services.
“While we cannot predict when the threat will go away, we are looking forward to the days when it will be a thing of the past so that we can re-start the economy by reviving the tourism industry and other economic sectors,” she said in her address at the handing-over of more medical supplies by the Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China in Kota Kinabalu, Mr Liang Caide,Thursday.
Liew, who is also Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, received a consignment of 20,000 pieces of face mask, 4,500 bottles of hand sanitizer and 10,000 effervescent tablets for chlorine disinfection, on behalf of the State Government.
At this juncture, she said the Government was thankful to the Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Kota Kinabalu for their enormous contribution since the COVID-19 outbreak in Sabah.
Speaking to reporters later, the Minister said more medical supplies from China are expected to be flown in by chartered flight after thefirst week of May.
Meanwhile, Liew said she would make arrangements for face masks to be delivered to the Sabah Journalists Association and Kota Kinabalu Journalists Association.
Earlier, Liang, who also spoke, urged the Government not to hesitate to let him know if Sabah needs more medical supplies. “We are onefamily, fighting Covid-19 together,” he said. Ends
