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THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, SABAH AND SARAWAK B$1.00 | RM3.50 TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2020 VOL.24 | NO.242
LIFESTYLE 14
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with love
FEATURES 22
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WORLD 25
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Number of cases
Number of deaths
Recovered cases
Brunei Darussalam
COVID-19 STATISTICS
As of 6 April 2020
135
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Lyna Mohamad
Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd
(BSP) and Brunei Shell Marketing Company
Sdn Bhd (BSM) handed over contributions
to the Ministry of Health (MoH) as part of
the COVIDƒ19 relief efforts at MoH’s Al-‘AŠiah
Hall yesterday.
The contribution of fuel vouchers for the
Medical Emergency/Critical vehicles, services
under the MoH were presented to Minister of
Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham
bin Haji Jaafar by Managing Director of BSM
Muhammad NorshaŠiee bin Dato Paduka Haji
Abdul Jalil and Managing Director of BSP Dr
Ceri M Powell.
“I am extremely proud of BSM staff for
raising money internally for this unique
initiative to provide fuel for the healthcare
workers on the frontlines of the COVIDƒ19
outbreak. While we provide fuel for the nation,
the healthcare workers are working extremely
hard in protecting and guiding us through this
pandemic,” said Muhammad NorshaŠiee.
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James Kon
Brunei Darussalam recorded no COVIDƒ19
cases for two consecutive days.
This was shared by Minister of Health Dato
Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar
at a press conference at the Ministry of Health
(MoH) yesterday.
“ Alhamdulillah, by the grace of Allah the
Almighty, the MoH would like to inform the
public that there are no new cases of COVID-
19 infection in the country. The total number
of COVIDƒ19 cases in the Sultanate remains
at 135,” said the minister. He also reminded
that the spread of the COVIDƒ19 infection has
not ended.
“We must continue to abide by the
precautionary measures to reduce the risk of
spreading the infection,” Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji
Mohd Isham said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A tiger at the Bronx Zoo
has tested positive for COVIDƒ19, in what
is believed to be the Širst known infection
in an animal in the United States (US) or a
tiger anywhere, federal ofŠicials and the
zoo said last Sunday.
The four-year-old Malayan tiger named
Nadia — and six other tigers and lions
that have also fallen ill — are believed to
have been infected by a zoo employee
who wasn’t yet showing symptoms, the
zoo said.
The Širst animal started showing
symptoms on March 27, and all are
doing well and expected to recover, said
the zoo, which has been closed to the
public since March 16 amid the surging
COVIDƒ19 outbreak in New York. The test
result stunned zoo ofŠicials, “I couldn’t
believe it,” Director Jim Breheny said.
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TOKYO (AP) — With more than 1.2 million
people infected with the new COVIDƒ19, the
United Nations (UN) chief appealed for “peace
at home” — all homes — out of concern that
domestic violence was rising as the social and
Šinancial toll of the pandemic deepened.
United States (US) ofŠicials warned of
sad developments to come in the worst-hit
country, where medical supplies were short
and morgues were crowded.
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Ministry receives contributions to combat COVID-19
Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar, Managing Director of Brunei
Shell Marketing Company Sdn Bhd (BSM) Muhammad Norshaiee bin Dato Paduka Haji Abdul
Jalil and Managing Director of Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP) Dr Ceri M Powell
during the donation presentation ceremony. PHOTO: MUIZ MATDANI
UN chief warns of violence at
homes, Japan nears emergency
Nine more recover from virus,
zero new cases in Sultanate
NYC’s Bronx
Zoo tiger
tests positive
for COVID-19
James Kon
Twenty people who attended a late-night
party at a hotel last Sunday violating mass
gathering restrictions, which is against
the Infectious Disease Act Chapter 204,
were arrested.
The arrests were made when police
personnel responded to complaints of loud
music from a room on the fourth Šloor.
After forcing their way into the room,
the police and security personnel found 20
adults and teens inside, who were allegedly
drinking and smoking. During inspection, four
partygoers attempted to escape by climbing
down from the balcony to the third Šloor,
towards the room of a person undergoing self-
isolation. The attempt was foiled and they were
detained by the security guards.
Initial investigations found that Šive women
and 15 men aged 16ƒ27 attended the party,
including several uniformed personnel.
The police also found alcoholic beverages
and cigarettes in the room.
Berakas Police Station personnel under the
Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF), together with
the Royal Customs and Excise Department and
the Religious Enforcement Unit were contacted
to carry out further investigations.
The detainees will be investigated
under Chapter 204 of the Infectious
Diseases Act and the Syariah Penal
Code Order 2013.
Four of themwill alsoundergo investigation
for trespassing under Section 228 of the
Penal Code, Chapter 22.
‘Party’ busted, 20 arrested