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Covid-19 patients not allowed to vote

PUTRAJAYA: Those who are Covid-19 positive will not be allowed to vote in the Sabah state election on Saturday, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said this was decided by the special meeting of ministers on implementation of recovery movement control order (RMCO) to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission. […]

Standard operating procedure updated

Discharge of Covid-19 patients KUCHING: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has updated its standard operating procedure (SOP) for the discharge of Covid-19 patients only upon fulfilling certain criteria. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that patients with symptoms would need to undergo at least three days (72 hours) of recovery from fever […]

Runaway positive Covid-19 Indonesian couple found

KUCHING: Two Indonesian nationals who were reported to have fled after being tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday have been found and taken to the Sarawak General Hospital here. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said the two individuals, who were husband and wife, were found in a new residential area near Jalan Matang Baru at […]

Resting areas for SGH frontliners

KUCHING: The Sarawak government continues to provide resting areas for the medical frontliners at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) during the movement control order (MCO) period. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women and Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the the resting areas were needed as the frontliners, especially those treating Covid-19 patients, […]

Virus takes time to shed: Dr Sim

KUCHING: “Cooperate with the authorities even if you feel well.  If you go home, you will pass the virus to their families.” This is Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian’s appeal yesterday to Covid-19 patients who had recovered and were in stepdown. He revealed that Covid-19 patients could take more […]

Bus passengers urged to go for screening

KUCHING: All passengers who took the Bintang Jaya Express Bus (SAB6829B) from Kuching to Bintulu on March 14 at 8.30am have been urged to come forward for Covid-19 screening. The Bintulu Divisional Health Office, in a notice posted on its Facebook page, urged the passengers to immediately call the Bintulu Covid-19 operations room at 086-315235 […]

First survivor of Covid-19 shares experience

KUCHING: Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii is officially the city’s first patient who recovered from Covid-19 after being quarantined at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). Dr Yii tested positive soon after Sarikei MP Wong Ling Biu tested positive for Covid-19 on March 14. Dr Yii recalled that he met Wong on March 2, but […]

Head of State donates medical supply to SGH

KUCHING: Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) yesterday received medical equipment and supply for its intensive care unit (ICU), valued at a total of RM120,000, donated by the Head of State (TYT) Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud. The equipment include one unit of portable ultrasound linear probe, five units of anti DVT, two units of fibreoptic […]