Masing: Seeing the burial of my brother was unbearable
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing today (June 2) witnessed the funeral of his younger brother Jantai, who passed away from Covid-19 in Kapit on Monday (May 31). “Today, I had to bury my younger brother. It was so hard to only be able to see from a distance as they lowered the wrapped coffin into the ground as we were not allowed to go near the gravesite,” he said. He stressed that Covid-19 should be taken seriously, describing the pain of “losing someone you cannot hold or see for the last time as unbearable”. “Everyone must be aware of how dangerous this pandemic is. The sooner we get vaccinated, the better it is,” he stressed. “Rest in peace, dear brother,” said Masing in a Facebook post today, in which he also shared the last picture he had taken with Jantai at Rantau Penora. In an earlier Facebook post on Monday, the Baleh assemblyman said he was in Kapit visiting his nephew and Jantai’s son Nicholas Kudi, who is a political secretary to the chief minister. He said both of Nicholas’ parents passed away due to Covid-19. “Listening to his ordeal of watching his parents die in Kapit Hospital because of Covid-19… it’s horrible! It’s a vision we see in our nightmares!” he said. He said Kapit Hospital was running out of facilities required to treat Covid-19 patients, while frontliners were at the point of exhaustion in doing their best to deal with the pandemic. “The only way to save Kapit and the rest of Sarawak from the devastating effects of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic is the vaccine. “The faster this government can roll out the vaccine, the better. The rolling out of the vaccine should be our number one priority,” said Masing.
Five fatal cases, death toll now 305
UCHING: Sarawak recorded five new deaths today (June 2) involving Covid-19 infection, bringing the state’s death toll to 305. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 301st death was Case 47,491ß, involving a local 83-year-old woman who was found unconscious at home by family members. “The medical team which arrived at the case’s house confirmed that the case no longer showed signs of life and was declared to have passed away on May 30,” the committee said in a statement. The case was brought to the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) for further investigation by a forensic team. A reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rT-PCR) test was done and it returned positive on May 31. “The case did not have comorbidities. This death has been categorised as Brought-in Dead (BID),” said SDMC. They said the 302nd death was Case 37,238, a local man aged 69 years, who had received treatment at Kapit Hospital as he had symptoms of cough and breathing difficulties. “The results of rT-PCR testing were positive for Covid-19 on May 13. The case’s health condition deteriorated and he passed away on May 31. This case had comorbidities of high blood pressure and diabetes,” the committee said. SDMC said the 303rd death was Case 39,461, a local woman aged 66 years who was admitted to Miri Hospital as she was experiencing cough and difficulty breathing for a week. “An rT-PCR test was done and it was positive for Covid-19 on May 18. The case’s health condition declined and she passed away on May 31. The case had high blood pressure.” As for the 304th death reported, this was Case 46,918, involving a local 64-year-old man who was admitted to Miri Hospital after he experienced cough and breathing difficulties for two days. “An rT-PCR test was done and it returned positive on May 30. The case’s health condition deteriorated and he passed away on June 1,” SDMC said, adding that this case had comorbidities of high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, and end-stage kidney disease. With regard to the 305th death, the committee said this was Case 43,766, a local woman aged 75 years who was admitted to SGH as she was experiencing fever and breathing difficulties. An rT-PCR test was conducted and it was positive on May 25. The case’s health declined before she passed away on June 2. “The case had comorbidities of high blood pressure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and obesity,” said SDMC.
Six Covid-19 fatalities, including 27-yr-old the youngest
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded six new Covid-19 fatalities today (June 1), bringing the state’s death toll to 300. The youngest among the six fatalities is a 27-year-old local woman (300th death and Case 46,629), who received treatment in a private hospital in Sibu after experiencing cough and breathing difficulties. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the […]
Four deaths bring toll to 280
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded four new Covid-19 deaths today (May 29), bringing the state’s death toll to 280. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said two deaths each were reported in Kapit and Bintulu. The 277th death was that of Case 40,445, a 72-year-old local woman who was admitted to the Kapit Hospital after having fever, […]
Covid-19 chaos in controls and containment
There is a saying that if you want to catch a deadly cobra, don’t send a snake charmer, send a mongoose. This got me thinking of this Covid-19 death wish christened a “plannedemic” by western media because, allegedly, someone in Wuhan, China, released this laboratory-made microbe with the intention of stopping the economic motor of […]
State’s death toll now 276 with four new ones
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded four new deaths related to Covid-19 today (May 28), taking the state’s Covid-19 death toll to 276. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 273rd death was Case 39,846, a local man aged 72 years who was brought to Sri Aman Hospital as he had been experiencing fever for two weeks. […]
State records highest daily death toll at nine cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded its highest number of daily Covid-19 death with nine fatalities today. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this brought the death toll due to Covid-19 in the state to 272. Five of the fatalities were reported in Sibu, two in Miri while Bintulu and Kapit each […]
Sarawak records 640 new cases, two deaths
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 640 new cases of Covid-19 and two deaths today (May 26). This State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said these brought the cumulative total number of cases to 43,966 and the death toll to 263 people. It said 346 or 54.06 percent of the new cases were detected in the Kuching, Miri, Sibu […]
State records six new fatalities
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded six new Covid-19 fatalities today (May 25), bringing the state’s death toll to 261. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said two deaths were reported in Miri, two in Kuching, one in Sibu and one in Sri Aman. SDMC said the 256th death involved a 41-year-old local man who was discovered unconscious on […]
Two deaths bring tally to 249
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two new Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (May 22), bringing the state’s death toll to 249. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 248th death was Case 41,233, a 75-year-old local woman who was referred to Miri Hospital upon experiencing breathing difficulty. “The case was found to be symptomatic with cough and fever four […]
