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This girl went back from Johor for her father’s funeral & was given home quarantine order. But she breached home quarantine & infected everyone at the the funeral.

In less than 14 days,nearly 1000 is positive despite mass testing. https://twitter.com/datukhensem/status/1351822062730371073">https://twitter.com/datukhens...
Daily case of super spreader Cluster Pasai

20/1 - 139
19/1 - 90
18/1 - 65
17/1 - 43
16/1 - 46
15/1 -48
14/1 - 157
13/1 - 92
12/1 - 111
11/1 - 40
10/1 - 5
9/1 - 37 (Cluster Pasai announced)
7/1 - 1 (when the girl was found positive drg 2nd swab)

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="ā³" title="Sanduhr mit fließendem Sand" aria-label="Emoji: Sanduhr mit fließendem Sand">2,857 still waiting for result.
Based on the report, the index case arrived at Kuching International Airport on 29th December 2020.

Sarawak Policy: Anyone entering Sarawak must serve mandatory 10 days hotel quarantine & RT-PCR test on 2nd & 8th day. There is enough hotel quarantine in Kuching.
But she probably seek for exemption for quarantine order in Kuching to pay for the last respect for her father who just passed away in Sibu. Hence, her 1st swab test was taken in Kch & when the result returned negative, she was allowed to continue her flight from Kch to Sibu.
When cases were rising with PKPB / PKPD elsewhere in Malaysia, Sarawak remain as a green zone state. Our policies were working. Most rural areas never had any positive case in 2020!

On the day of the funeral itself, Sarawak only had 4 yellow zones & 36 green zones.
Ever since the beginning of pandemic, Sarawak’s Covid19 case is usually condensed in cities like Kuching & Miri only. Sibu like many small towns/rural areas has been shield from Covid19.

But how did this cluster spread so fast?
Sibu is the central region of Sarawak. Considering the Covid19 situation in Sarawak is controlled (PKPP), it was believed many of the relatives/families nearby Sibu came to the funeral. Some stayed overnight at the longhouses as the village is located 30km outskirt of Sibu town.
ā€œIt was found that at Cluster Pasai, only those who stayed overnight at the longhouse were positive & those who attended the funeral where largely unaffected.ā€ — Mr Clarence Ting (Sibu Mayor)
According to Sarawak Deputy CM, ā€œIn Iban, when you do funerals sometimes it’s like a celebrationā€.
Iban funerals differ from place to place. Some funeral has sad atmosphere but some Iban funeral in certain places allow and give way to a happy surrounding bc there’s a believe that a happy funeral means a happy soul leaving away and the soul too like the happy surrounding.
We can’t blame them for the happy funeral bc that is their culture but IF the girl stayed in her room, followed the 14 days quarantine SOP strictly & didn’t join the ritual/burial, probably this mess wouldn’t happen. If she knew she can’t be discipline, she shouldn’t come back!
When her 2nd swab took place (Sarawak SOP) & it turns out positive, it was 10 DAYS after the burial. By that time, the relatives had went back to other rural areas & unknowingly brought along the virus to their longhouses. This has resulted to 80+ longhouses being lockdown. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😢" title="Weinendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Weinendes Gesicht">
This has been a very difficult time for Sarawak because all these times, we’ve been trying hard to protect the virus from spreading to rural areas as these places is lacking of good healthcare facilities & the nearest hospital is very far & geographically difficult to reach.
Now, it is the other way round. The challenge is to test & trace everyone fast before the spread from rural areas goes into the big cities. Yes, cross districts are now not allowed in Swk. Currently, hospitals in all over Swk is nearly full. Mostly to accommodate this cluster.
Lesson:
If you are given quarantine order, please be disciplined! If your first swab test is negative, it doesn’t mean you are Covid19 free. Covid19 has 14 days incubation period, you can be positive on Day 7 or Day 10. Wait for your 2nd swab test result before mingling around!
Everybody in Sarawak work so hard to keep Sarawak safe. It takes ONE person to breach quarantine coming back from Johor, attended her father’s funeral & resulted in thousands being quarantine, 1 death & 893 others positive so far. (2857 is still pending for result)
If this will result Sarawak not allowing Sarawakians to return for emergencies in future, they should put the blame on you. #PrayForSarawak
Sarawakians have the right to be mad. Many are innocently positive now even though they didn’t attend the funeral, government need to fork out more money, leaves are frozen for frontliners, businesses are losing money & face-to-face class in schools had to be postponed again.
Whose to blame the most is those who knew they came from a high risk area & should avoid coming to such occasion no matter what excuses they have. If the person is still stubborn, one must ensure that they avoid mixing/socialising with anyone at the occasion. Don’t be an idiot!
From this To this
From this To this
1st day of Cluster Pasai VS 13th Day of Cluster Pasai

Tomorrow will be the 14th day of this cluster & we will see whether the total case exceeds 1,000. https://twitter.com/folkloreswifty/status/1351962234172293121">https://twitter.com/folklores...
My heart aches to hear this. I’m so sorry to hear your loss. God bless you & your families. https://twitter.com/JimbunJohn/status/1351534523515748354">https://twitter.com/JimbunJoh...
ā€œNo one bury him, not even his family membersā€. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="šŸ’”" title="Gebrochenes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Gebrochenes Herz"> https://twitter.com/JimbunJohn/status/1351535809766203392">https://twitter.com/JimbunJoh...
This is the 3rd week after the funeral. The virus is spreading very fast. Originating from one longhouse to another longhouse & we now see sporadic cases in the community. This is just one of the example. There are many other longhouses in rural areas affected after the incident.
At this point, there are probably thousands infected with the virus but not yet detected (especially the asymptomatic ones). I’m not sure how will they stop the spread unless they are able to test everyone & release the result fast. What if 80 other longhouses has the same story.
1st pic: The day the funeral ceremony happened.

2nd pic: The 13th day since Cluster Pasai was discovered (Sarawak current situation) https://twitter.com/folkloreswifty/status/1351958440025886720">https://twitter.com/folklores...
UPDATE 21/1/21:

99 out of 2702 positive cases in Sarawak is currently intubated now.

10 people from Cluster Pasai is in ICU.

This is the problem when the virus reach to your nenek datuk in rumah panjang. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😢" title="Weinendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Weinendes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😢" title="Weinendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Weinendes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😢" title="Weinendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Weinendes Gesicht">

982 positive
Positive rate: 17.9%

1768 pending result
UPDATE 28/01/21:

It has been 1 month since the funeral.

To date, 7 people have passed away.
8 is still in ICU.
1,573 positive cases.

For comparison, Sarawak only has 1,117 positive case last year.

And Cluster Pasai is the biggest ā€œrentas negeriā€ cluster in Malaysia.
UPDATE 10/02/21

Pasai Cluster Sarawak
-sparked by interstate traveller who quarantine at home

To date:
-18 deaths & 2,363 positive cases from this cluster
-many green zones in Sarawak turn redhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😢" title="Weinendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Weinendes Gesicht">

Has a bit of UK strain

Link:
- https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/strain-virus-covid19-berbeza-di-sarawak-dr-sim-281991
-https://www.astroawani.com/berita-ma... href=" https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/562396 ">https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/5623...
42,939 swab samples has been taken in Sibu (COVID19 epicentre in Sarawak) 08/02/21

Long houses & Sibu Central Market reported the highest positive rate (14.4% & 15.8%).
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