KUCHING: Sarawak is still free from Covid-19 after five more Patient Under Investigation (PUI) cases were tested negative following completion of laboratory tests.

The State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) Secretariat in a statement said 84 out of the 92 PUI cases recorded since January 10 until today had been tested negative, while eight cases are still awaiting test result.

The latest and 92nd PUI case was recorded today at the Sarawak General Hospital in Kuching. JPBN Secretariat however did not reveal the identity and nationality of this case.

“The 92 cases include 69 Malaysians, 20 Chinese nationals and one Thai, one Indonesian and a Canadian.

“The Health Department too had screened 7, 025 arrivals at various airports, land and sea entry points statewide yesterday (Feb 15),” it added.