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Former patient urges public to always follow Covid-19 prevention SOPs

KUCHING: As a former Covid-19 patient, Nurul Nur Akma Mohd Salleh has always reminded her media colleagues and anyone who is active in outdoor activities to always adhere strictly to Covid-19 prevention standard operating procedures (SOPs). The TVS news presenter, who is fondly known as Akma, said those who experienced symptoms should do a swab […]

Short-lived ‘freedom’ for escaping Covid-19 patient

KUCHING: A Covid-19 patient who escaped from Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) on Sunday morning, was caught by police at Jalan Patinggi Ali, in Satok. Earlier at around 9.30 am, a nurse found that the 28-year-old man had gone missing from the ward thus, prompting a report to the police. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah […]

Covid-19 victim’s family gets his Socso benefits

KUCHING: The family of a man who died of Covid-19 has received a cheque for RM2,000 and other benefits from the Social Security Organisation (Socso). The cheque was presented by Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee, on behalf of Sibu Socso, to Zainon Haron, the mother of the late Syahrizan Sabri, […]

A Covid-19 patient’s experience

MUKAH: The experience of losing a sense of taste and smell due to being infected with the Covid-19 virus will not be easily forgotten by Stephannie Sajai, 28, who currently undergoes quarantine at the Bintulu Civic Centre. Her father and younger brother are also quarantined at the same place along with dozens of other patients. […]

Traumatising time but survivor counts blessings

KUCHING: Former Covid-19 patient, Zainon Zaini, admits that she is still traumatised even though she and her children have been free from the deadly virus for a year. Recalling, the mother of two said until now the Health Department had yet to find the cause of their infection. “On March 29 last year, the three […]