Battle against virus far from over

KUCHING: The huge spike in Covid-19 positive cases in the state recently shows that the battle against the virus is far from over and that more needs to be done. This sentiment was echoed by State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian in a Facebook post last Friday. “No matter […]

Vaccine arrives, takes Malaysia’s battle to next level

SEPANG: The long-awaited Covid-19 vaccine to protect Malaysia’s population arrived in the country on a special aircraft which landed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here today. Flight MH604, bearing the Jalur Gemilang livery to symbolise the vaccine is for Malaysians, landed at 10.07 am with the first batch of 312,390 doses of the […]

Firemen in Covid-19 battle to get RM300 payment under Permai

PUTRAJAYA: Fire and Rescue Department personnel involved in the fight against Covid-19 will receive a one-off RM300 payment, as announced under the Perlindungan Ekonomi dan Rakyat Malaysia (Permai) package, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin. She said this showed that the government very much appreciated the hard work put in by them to […]