KUCHING: Samling Group of Companies (Samling) is continuing to play its role in the fight against Covid-19 by donating medical supplies to Marudi Hospital and Miri Hospital. On Monday (April 13), Samling donated six large boxes of surgical masks as well as disinfectants to Marudi Hospital. A second batch of
KUCHING: Following the Covid-19 outbreak, the aftermath of the pandemic on public health is expected to be challenging. In response to the pandemic, a psychosocial project called Safe Space Covid-19 Malaysia has been initiated by Dr Rachel Ting Sing Kiat, a senior clinical psychologist and also lecturer from Monash University,
KUCHING: The Covid-19 Virus Examination Centre in Serian yesterday received thermometers from Bukit Semuja assemblyman John Ilus during a brief ceremony at the centre. The contribution was made in light of the centre facing a shortage of thermometers recently. Thermometers are taken home by person-under-investigation (PUI) cases during their quarantine
KUCHING: Local businesses have expressed their gratitude for assistance provided by the state government to ease the burden of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and movement control order (MCO). Such measures include the recently announced Sarawakku Sayang Assistance Package 2.0, the state government’s second
KUCHING: The second economic aid package worth RM1.1 billion announced by the state government to alleviate the burden of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), micro enterprises, hawkers and petty traders would boost the confidence of the business community in facing tough challenges ahead, said Jonathan Chai Voon Tok. The Kuching
KUCHING: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Sarawak conducted sanitisation work at two public locations around the city centre here yesterday morning to curb the spread of Covid-19. In a statement, they said the first area covered was India Street, involving external areas and pedestrian walks, encompassing a total of
KUCHING: The Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) has been taking proactive measures to protect orangutans at the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre here from the Covid-19 pandemic. “There is a lot to be done ― feeding, cleaning and everything in between,” it said on a Facebook post on Tuesday. SFC said that its
KUCHING: A Covid-19 hotspot or not, Kota Samarahan needs to carry on playing its part in complying with the movement control order (MCO), said Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos. He said that MPKS would continue to disinfect public places as well as advise and guide provision
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas and two state ministers have tested negative for Covid-19. The ministers are Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian and Utilities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom. Dr Sim and Rundi were instructed to undergo self-quarantine
KUCHING: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) will be stepping up precautionary measures in light of the area being declared as a Covid-19 red zone yesterday, with 42 cases as of Tuesday. MPKS chairman Datuk Peter Minos said the council would continue to implement the usual procedures but in an intensified
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