Day: September 4, 2021

The Public are advised to always adhere to all rules, procedures and preventive measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 at the Brunei International Airport as recommended by the Ministry of Health. The advice issued by the Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications in its Press Release, shared some of the procedures that need to be adhered to at the Brunei International Airport.

All departing passengers are to be dropped off only;

The public are strictly not allowed to pick-up arriving passengers;

All passengers must have BruHealth application and must scan the QR Code provided;

Passengers who do not have BruHealth application must submit proof of travel documentations as well as negative COVID-19 PCR Test Certificate if required prior to entering the Brunei International Airport.

Public who do not have the BruHealth application are not permitted to enter the premises.

Source: Radio Television Brunei

In efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country, the Department of Islamic Studies, Ministry of Religious Affairs is has now launched the COVID-19 Special Infaq Tarbiah Programme in Arabic and Religious Schools. The programme is open to companies and the public to contribute learning necessities and health packages by contacting the hotline 825 7878 or e-mail to ‘infaq.tarbiah@jpi.edu.bn’.

Source: Radio Television Brunei

The flood situation in some rural areas in Tutong District is still under control. The Tutong District Office in its press release informed that the recent heavy rains have caused some areas to be flooded. The flood water level a few days ago has started to recede but it has risen again due to heavy rains on the 31st of August and 1st of September. Preparatory measures such as ration aid and transportation have been arranged if required by the relevant agencies through the heads of the affected villages in accordance with the guidelines and Standard Operating Procedure, SOPs set by the Ministry of Health. The distribution of ration items from the Department of Community Development continued yesterday in several houses in the affected areas.

Water level monitoring has been carried out since the heavy rains began in mid-August. Due to the rising river water level, several houses in Kampung Benutan, Rambai, Ukong, Kuala Ungar/Bangkuru and parts of Kampung Panchong and Kampung Layong were inundated, and some roads cannot be accessed.

The Second Battalion of the Royal Brunei Land Force also provided the assistance of a Damien Boat for the villagers in need at Jalan kecil Kampung Layong. The Tutong District Office with the relevant agencies and community leaders will always monitor the situation from time to time. Following the flood situation, the village residents were advised to remain vigilant and take safety measures, as well as adhere to the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health in curbing the spread of COVID-19.

Source: Radio Television Brunei

As one of the effective measures to ensure the wearing of face masks continues to be complied with, the Tutong District Office in collaboration with the Tutong District Development and Creative Body; Tutong District Volunteers SUKA; and the Tutong District Youth Movement IMPACT, organised the ‘Wear Mask Initiative’. Such projects also aim to help cultivate the use of face masks and ensure that all levels of the community are not left out from owning face masks for daily needs.

With the slogan ‘Keep Our Safety, Keep Everyone Safe’, the ‘Wear Mask Initiative’ is implemented continuously through three initiatives namely ‘Wear a Face Mask Campaign’; ‘Facemask Donation Drive’; and ;Face Mask Drop-Off Point’. As a first step, a ‘donation drive’ was implemented by donating face masks to volunteers apart from supplying face masks regularly to volunteers working at the Tutong Sports Complex. According to Awang Muhammad Amir Bin Haji Umarali, Chief Executive Officer, Tutong District Development and Creative Body, the public can support the Wear Mask Initiative by continuously contributing face masks and is hoped to make a positive impact on the efforts to curb COVID-19 in the country.

The public wishing to contribute face masks, the Drop-Off Point for the ‘Face Mask Initiative’ is at the Tutong District Office Old Building, Jalan Enche Awang, Tutong Town. The face masks can be dropped off between 9 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon.

Source: Radio Television Brunei

The Ministry of Health will continue to monitor and make efforts to control the emerging new COVID-19 variants from entering the country. The Minister of Health explained the measure in response to the query on the Mu variant which emerged in Hong Kong as well as other variants.

The Minister of Health stated that the new variants need to first be studied in view of the uncertainty on the variant. However, the Minister of Health said that what the main concern is at the moment is the Delta variant which is currently affecting the world. Touching on home to home make-up artist services, the Minister of Health stressed that for the safety of the public, such services are not allowed and is an offence under the Infectious Diseases Act.

Source: Radio Television Brunei

126 new COVID-19 infection cases were confirmed in Brunei Darussalam which brings the total number of cases in the country to 3,219. Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Doctor Haji Awang Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar, Minister Of Health stated the matter during the Media Conference on the latest COVID-19 Situation at Dewan Al ‘Afiah, Ministry of Health.

Yang Berhormat said that one new cluster was detected bringing the total number of active clusters to 50. The new cluster contains 12 cases that was detected following a ‘Swab Sweep’ Operation in the Mumong area that was conducted on the 2nd of September 2021. The operation was carried out after several cases were identified in the area. This case is now known as the Derma Wangsa Cluster.

There are 46 additional new cases to 12 of the existing active clusters. Those in the active clusters are individuals who are currently being quarantined and were found to be in contact with several confirmed cases.

Meanwhile, 68 cases are still being investigated to determine the source of the infection.

Contact tracing is currently undergoing in which all identified close contacts are required to undergo mandatory quarantine and RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2 test.

171 cases have recovered, which includes 63 positive cases from Category 1 that have undergone self-isolation for 14 days at their respective homes. All of them have undergone second swab tests on Day 12 and have been confirmed recovered. With that, the total number of those recovered has increased to 1,468, whereas total number of active cases are 1,734.

Among the active cases, eight cases are in critical condition, with seven requiring artificial ventilation. Meanwhile, one case still requires an additional heart/lung machine, ECMO whereas 32 cases categorised in Category 4 are now admitted at the Intensive Care Unit for close monitoring.

In the past 24 hours, a total of 2,140 samples have been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus which brings the total number of laboratory tests conducted since January 2020 to 245,886 tests.

Source: Radio Television Brunei