Stories by Shareen Han on The Scoop

MoH limits use of anti-COVID drug molnupiravir to high-risk patients Unvaccinated adults are 13.7 times more likely to develop severe disease from COVID, epidemiological data suggests

March 18, 2022

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Molnupiravir, a new antiviral drug to treat COVID-19, will not be rolled out to all hospitals or health centres…

MoH: Omicron surge ‘most likely’ reached peak The worst of Omicron wave might be over as Brunei sees stabilisation of caseload growth

March 9, 2022

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei’s Omicron-fuelled third wave has “most likely” reached its peak as the sultanate began to see a dip in…

Schools suspend in-person classes, shift to online learning for two weeks Epidemiological data showed less severe COVID cases in third wave as vaccine push pays off

March 4, 2022

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Schools will suspend in-person learning and switch to online classes from March 7 as a surge in COVID-19 cases…

Development spending down by 42% as another fiscal deficit looms Higher oil and gas revenue eases fiscal deficit in FY 2021/22, but budget shortfall projected to widen in next financial year

February 27, 2022

This story was updated on Feb 28, 2022 to include additional comments from the Second Minister of Finance and Economy. BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN…

Brunei sees another record-breaking week in COVID cases Fuelled by Omicron, last week’s case count was six times more than the peak of Delta wave

February 21, 2022

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei has set another weekly record of 12,464 new coronavirus cases, more than double the previous week’s tally as…

Brunei to proceed with National Day parade despite soaring COVID cases About 3,800 people expected to attend this year's scaled-down celebrations

February 19, 2022

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei will press ahead with 38th National Day celebrations despite an unprecedented surge in Omicron cases over the past…

MoH to impose fines of up to $5,000 for not reporting positive antigen tests Gov't expects public to practise personal responsibility while learning to live with COVID

February 16, 2022

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Individuals who failed to report their positive antigen rapid test results for COVID-19 may face on-the-spot fines of up…

Gov’t scraps confirmatory PCR testing in shift to antigen tests Secondary close contacts not required to self-isolate under revised health rules

February 14, 2022

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Self-administered antigen rapid tests can now be used to confirm coronavirus infections, the government announced on Monday as part…

Brunei’s daily COVID cases top 1,000 for first time Positive cases allowed to isolate from home as over 99% of active cases are asymptomatic or mild

February 12, 2022

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – For the third straight day, Brunei shattered its record for daily new COVID-19 cases after detecting 1,125 infections on Saturday.…

COVID-19 night curbs extended until March 14 Brunei reports second highest number of daily COVID cases on Wednesday

February 9, 2022

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei will maintain its 12am-4am curfew until at least March 14, the government announced Wednesday following a resurgence of…