Author: Nur Ashikin Louis

Covid-19 death toll rises to 17

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded another Covid-19 fatality yesterday, bringing the total death toll in the state to 17. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas revealed that the 17th case is a 72-year old man from Kampung Tabuan Lot, Kuching. “The victim started showing symptoms on April

SGH lays out SOPs for wellbeing of frontliners

KUCHING: The Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) has laid out detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) to protect its healthcare workers from Covid-19. State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing said the measures include strengthening infection control practices, enforcing social distancing among the frontliners, screening all patients admitted to the hospital for

SMEs operation: Decision in next few days

KUCHING: Sarawak has yet to decide when to allow small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to resume operation. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the state government will announce soon whether to follow the federal government’s decision to allow resumption. “On Sarawak’s part, we have

State has SOP for returning students

KUCHING: The movement of Sarawakian students returning to their hometowns will be closely monitored. Those travelling from red and yellow zones to green zones will be issued with a wristband tag each and stay home notice. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said they have

Hospital Miri has Covid-19 test lab

MIRI: A molecular lab at Miri Hospital that was completed last April 8 was given approval on April 24 using Real Time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) method to detect Covid-19. The lab conducted a validation process under the supervision of the Institute of Medical Research (IMR) Malaysia before

Trim foreign labour

KUCHING: Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak is rooting for the government to trim the country’s dependence on foreign labour. Its secretary Andrew Lo described the government’s undecided stance on the issue as exasperating as he stressed that it was glaring and obvious that Malaysia had to trim the number

Use Helpy to order essential items

KUCHING: Members of the public can use digital applications to order essential items, including food, throughout the month of Ramadan and the upcoming Gawai Dayak celebration, said Assistant International Trade and Industry, Industry Terminal and Entrepreneur Development (Mintred) Minister Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais. He said that the state government had

84,381 face masks to be distributed in Miri

MIRI: The Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) will distribute 84,381 free face masks to households in Miri Division.   The face masks, which were received on April 24, are being distributed to all district offices in the division in stages. “Miri DDMC has also requested an additional 15,000 packs of

11 families receive food aid

MIRI: Village Development and Security Committee (JKKK) of Kuala Suai in collaboration with Pertubuhan Kebajikan Rumpun Islam Sejagat Miri (Keris) has recently delivered food aid to 11 families affected by movement control order (MCO). The extension of MCO has given huge impact on villagers who are mostly fishermen and farmers.

Iftar packages for roadblock personnel

KUCHING: Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang, who is also the chairman of Padawan Municipal Council (MPP), recently distributed iftar packages to four roadblock posts (SJR) in the Padawan areas. The posts were SJR Batu 18, SJR Batu 11, SJR Jalan Penrissen and SJR Batu Kawa. The food packages were