Delta strain puts more children in hospital now
BY NINA MUSLIM MORE children are being hospitalised for Covid-19 now compared to any other time of this ongoing pandemic, according to doctors, as the highly contagious Delta strain becomes more dominant in Malaysia. University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) consultant paediatric cardiologist Associate Prof Dr Norazah Zahari told Bernama more children have been coming in […]
Welfare department reviewing guidelines to tighten application approvals for care centres
REMBAU: The Social Welfare Department (JKM) is reviewing several guidelines to tighten the approval of applications for the operation of care centres, said Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun. She said the matter would be presented to her soon to enable improvements to be made to the existing guidelines to […]
No plan to inject kids under 18
KUCHING: Sarawak has no plans to vaccinate kids under the age of 18. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the focus now was only on vaccinating those aged 18 and above. “For those under 18 years, we are waiting for a decision from the Ministry of Health. “Currently, there is no decision […]
Young people with medical problems given priority for vaccination
PUTRAJAYA: For the time being, only children aged 12 to 17 years old with underlying medical problems will be vaccinated, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said the technical group of the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) had been directed to compile the latest information on the […]
May our children be all-rounders
Happiness is when you realise your children have turned out to be good people. — Unknown I was bemused to read a story about a Peking University professor who was complaining about his daughter’s poor academic scores in a video that went viral recently. The story was highlighted by the South China Morning Post. Ding […]
Covid-19 infection among children, infants worrying
KUALA LUMPUR: COVID-19 infection among children and infants is a cause for concern as they have become the groups at risk after the elderly, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today. He said the matter should be taken as a wake-up call and measures must be implemented to protect these groups […]
Keeping kindies safe for kids
KUCHING: Kindergartens operating during the current conditional movement control order (CMCO) are adhering strictly to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to keep the children under their care safe and sound. Although the children have to observe the strict SOPs, school is still fun for them, said the Association of Kindergarten Operators (AKO) chairman Jason Kong. […]
Vaccinate children too
KUCHING: While it is important to focus on vaccinating adults, senior citizens and people with disabilities (OKU), the need to vaccinate children, especially those with comorbidities, should also be taken into consideration. Associate Professor Dr Helmy Hazmi, a public health physician currently working in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), […]
Powdered milk for children in Sibu Jaya
SIBU: Children in enhanced movement control order (EMCO) areas in Sibu Jaya here received powdered milk from Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Dudong branch. Nangka assemblyman Dr Annuar Rapaee, together with SUPP Dudong branch chairman Wong Ching Yong and Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC) chairman Sempurai Petrus Ngelai, handed over the boxes of powdered milk […]
Mercy flight for children with heart ailments
KUCHING: A toddler and a baby in need of immediate medical treatment due to heart problems were flown by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to Subang Air Force Base yesterday. The children, who were referred to the National Heart Institute (IJN) by Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), were accompanied by their mothers aboard RMAF’s C130H […]
