Sibu division disaster management committee coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee said that despite various movement control orders enforced in the district over the past three months, the number of Covid-19 cases remains high.

“There are many factors that contribute to the high number of positive cases. First, the MCO implementation. Second, the human factor, which is the most difficult to control, and third, the enforcement factor,” he said in his daily engagement with the public via Facebook live streaming today.

He said the committee has been working with government agencies and across the political divide for input on the next course of action to be taken in the district which has recorded a total of 311 positive cases as of yesterday.

Annuar, who is also the state assistant minister for education, science and technological research, also welcomed ideas from the public to help the district, which has been placed under MCO, to overcome the pandemic.

Earlier, he offered his condolences to the family of a nurse who succumbed to Covid-19 several days ago.

He noted that the government takes seriously the SOPs in hospitals to avoid transmission of the virus and exposing health workers to the disease.