NEW Covid-19 cases have dropped in Sarawak because the state and federal authorities have since last month refused to test close contacts who do not show symptoms, state DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen said.

The Stampin MP said that was the sole reason for the dip in daily infections in the past week.

Chong said the policy is “definitely a self-deceiving strategy putting everyone’s lives at risk”.

“It seems that the main reason for such a self-deceiving strategy is merely to justify calling for the state elections before the 18-year-old voters will be eligible to cast their votes after December 2021.”

Sarawak reported 1,061 new cases on October 14, 1,009 the following day, and 1,055 the day after.

From October 17 to yesterday, daily infections fell below the 1,000 mark to 730 on Sunday, 694 on Monday and 749 yesterday. – October 20, 2021.