文莱实施宵禁以遏制冠病传播

文 / 潘万莉

10/04/2021

（早报讯）文莱政府从10月4日开始实施为期两周的宵禁措施，同时将目前实施的管控措施延长至17日，以遏制冠病在当地的社区传播。

据文政府声明，从4日至17日，全国居民每晚8时至次日凌晨4时不得离开住所，执法机构将加大巡查力度，以控制人员流动，降低冠病的传播风险。此外，目前实施的管控措施也将从4日延长至17日，后续将根据疫情发展进行调整。

为应对新一波本土疫情暴发，文莱政府过去两个月连续强化限制措施，在关闭宗教场所和休闲运动场所、禁止餐厅堂食、公共场所须戴口罩等措施的基础上，基本禁止聚集活动。除保障水电、通信等基础设施和油气等核心产业及生活必需品供应的必要人员以外，所有政府工作人员和私营机构员工均须居家办公。

文莱政府还呼吁民众积极配合疫苗接种计划，力争将全国80%人口完成两剂新冠疫苗接种的目标时间，从原定明年3月提前至今年年底前。

截至10月4日，文莱累计冠病确诊病例为7904起，累计治愈病例5501起，累计死亡病例为60起。

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Roundup: Brunei introduces curfew to contain COVID-19 local transmission

Source: Xinhua

10/04/2021

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) — The Bruneian government on Friday announced the introduction of more control measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, including a curfew and more enforcement activities.

According to a statement from the country’s Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the current control measures will be extended for 14 days, starting from Oct. 4 to Oct. 17, 2021.

Before detecting seven local cases on Aug. 7 this year, Brunei had kept a record of 457 days without community infections. Facing a new wave of outbreak, the country introduced the strictest control measures ever.

Besides closing religious places, schools switching to online learning, no dine-in for restaurants, and closing indoor and outdoor sports facilities, leisure centers and cinemas, Brunei also banned most of the mass gatherings, requiring all non-essential sector workers to do work-from-home and barring all residents in Brunei from leaving their houses without any important reason.

The PMO statement said that during the next two weeks, several additional control measures will also be implemented.

Enforcement agencies will step up surveillance and enforcement activities so that the public continues to cooperate and comply with the restriction guidelines issued by the government.

The public is required to stay at their respective residences every night from 8:00 pm until 4:00 pm the next day to reduce people’s movement and the risk of COVID-19 local transmission.

In addition to current control efforts, cooperation from local community chiefs and village heads is required to jointly monitor residents and make sure all people continue to comply with all the instructions to control the spread of COVID-19, including practicing their respective social responsibilities with physical distance and no more public gatherings.

The PMO statement said that over the next few weeks, the government will ramp up efforts to ensure 80 percent of the total population in the country will complete two doses of COVID-19 vaccine injection before the end of 2021.

“This is a huge effort given the initial target date for reaching 80 percent vaccination coverage is in March 2022,” the PMO said.

The PMO stressed that it will take phases to bring Brunei out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brunei can only achieve this with the support and cooperation from the public.

“With this, it is reminded once again to the public not to leave home except for emergency matters or important purposes,” the PMO urged.

As of Friday, Brunei reported 7,326 total confirmed COVID-19 cases. There are currently 2,233 active cases being treated and monitored at the National Isolation Center.

A total of 5,043 recovered patients and 50 patients’ deaths have been reported so far in the country.

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