A case of red tape or complacency?
Developing countries often have hypertrophied bureaucracies, requiring businesses to deal with enormous amounts of red tape. – James Surowiecki, American Journalist Last Friday I wrote in my column about the danger of being too coronavirus-centric that we have forgotten we have to watch out for other types of disease that afflict our country. I mentioned […]
Three deaths involving Health Ministry staff
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 325 personnel of the Health Ministry (MoH) have been diagnosed with Covid-19 so far and three of them have died, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said the number of Covid-19 infections among MoH staff members constituted 5.8 percent of the cumulative total of 5,603 cases recorded in […]
Man had no virus exposure history
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded another Covid-19 death yesterday, bringing the death toll to 16 in the state thus far. This was a local 72-year-old Iban man from Lingga in Sri Aman. He had hypertension and a stomach tumour, said State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He added that the man had […]
State’s death toll rises to 13
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded another Covid-19 fatality yesterday, bringing the total death cases in the state to 13. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) revealed that the 13th case is a 23-year-old female student of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) who lived in Kota Samarahan. Both her parents were also tested positive for Covid-19. “The victim was […]
Brazil reports 15,927 cases, 800 deaths from COVID-19
BRASILIA: The Brazilian Ministry of Health said Wednesday that a total of 15,927 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the country with 800 deaths and the mortality stood at 5 percent, reported Xinhua news agency. The infections are concentrated in Sao Paulo with 6,708 cases and Rio de Janeiro with 1,938 cases, followed by Ceara, […]
US records 1,965 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours
WASHINGTON: The number of people who have died of the coronavirus in the United States within the past 24 hours, has risen by 1,965, which is the worst number since the start of the pandemic, Sputnik news agency quoted Johns Hopkins University as saying. The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States has reached […]
State records two more deaths
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two more deaths related to Covid-19 yesterday, bringing the total to 12. The eleventh fatality was a 72-year-old man from Taman Sebah Height, Kuching. He tested positive for Covid-19 on March 28 and was admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). He died at 1.37pm. The twelfth victim was a 53-year-old man […]
179 new cases, four more deaths
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 179 new positive cases of Covid-19 and four more fatalities have been reported in the country as at noon yesterday, bringing the tally to 3,662 cases and 61 deaths. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 46 of the 179 new cases were linked to the tabligh assembly cluster in […]
Walikota feels for ‘deserted’ town
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Kota Samarahan is almost deserted, which is so abnormal. “I could almost feel tension and some fear in the air after Covid-19 claimed a life in Samarahan. Only at the market did I see people lining up with long faces to buy provisions, with local council enforcement officers directing, advising and guiding them […]
One death, 21 new positive cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one death and 21 new positive cases for Covid-19 yesterday. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said that the latest victim was a 40-year-old lecturer from Kota Samarahan who passed away at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). On the two deaths on Monday of a 47-year-old male […]
