Making it easier to buy COVID-screening products
SAMARAHAN: The Medical Device Authority (MDA) will help the state government to make technical evaluations and allow COVID-19 screening products to enter the market. Public Health, Housing and Local Government Deputy Minister Michael Tiang Ming Tee said the role of the agency, which has been operating for 10 years now, was to ensure that the […]
Home needs COVID-19 self-test kits
KUCHING: The Salvation Army Boys Home Kuching needs COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test Kits. We are looking for sponsorship or donations of the self-test kits for our staff and children,” it said in a Facebook post recently. It added it needed constant supply of the kits for its 30 residents and eight staff weekly. Members of […]
Public welcome cheaper Covid-19 self-test kit
BY UMIE SYAZWANIE MOHD KUCHING: People are generally glad that the Covid-19 self-test kits will soon be cheaper. They hope that the price will remain low for the sake of poor families. On Sept 25, Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Datuk Rosol Wahid revealed that the price of the kit would be […]
Public advised to get tested if experiencing flu-like symptoms
KUCHING: The public is advised not to take risks if they experience flu-like symptoms; they should be vigilant and conduct self-testing in such an event to ensure that it is not a Covid-19 related infection. “Testing needs to be done to confirm if you are having Covid-19 or flu. It is possible that you can […]
Self-test kits for journos
KUCHING: The Northern Sarawak Journalists Association (NSJA) purchased 180 Covid-19 antigen rapid self-test kits for the distribution to its members — two kits per person. NSJA president Andy Jong Wan Joon said the self-test kits are for its members to keep in case they needed to monitor their own health at home. “This distribution is part […]
Relocate Covid-19 testing centre to KIA for greater convenience
KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has been urged to reconsider its decision in using the Mile 7 Basketball Court as a Covid-19 testing centre to prevent a major traffic jam. Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen said the testing centre should instead be relocated to the Kuching International Airport (KIA) or […]
Mukah Hospital not accepting walk-in swab tests
MUKAH: Mukah Hospital does not accept walk-in swab (rT-PCR) test for people who want to travel to Bintulu. According to a source from the health authorities, for Mukah District, those who wanted to have the swab test, they would have to call the divisional health department (PKB) operations room to make an appointment. The source […]
Retail ceiling price for test kit set at RM19.90
PUTRAJAYA: The government has set the retail ceiling price for the Covid-19 Antigen Rapid Test Kit at RM19.90 per set, effective Sept 5. The setting of the ceiling price for the self-test kits was announced by Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi and Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin in a joint statement on Thursday […]
Villagers urged to go for screening at Simunjan District Health Office
KUCHING: Residents of Kampung Sungai Apin and Kampung Sageng who are experiencing Covid-19 symptoms or are close contacts of positive cases are urged to undergo screening at the Simunjan District Health Office tomorrow (Wednesday). The active case detection (ACD) operations will be held between 9am and 1pm. Those with symptoms such as fever, sore throat, […]
A saliva self-test kit looks ok
KUALA LUMPUR: Studies done by the Medical Research Institute (IMR) have found that two self-test devices (Rapid Antigen test) that use saliva for Covid-19 screening, have sensitivity levels of above 90 percent. Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham said the studies conducted by IMR had been completed and that the details on the guidelines for the use […]
