Assemblymen undergo Covid-19 swab test
DUN Session KUCHING: Members of the State Legislature underwent Covid-19 swab test at the DUN Complex here on Friday. The swab test is a requirement for all members of the legislature and State Cabinet prior to the DUN Sitting which will take place beginning next Monday. Respective assemblymen were seen arriving as early as 9am […]
SDMC aims to raise testing capacity
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) aims to raise the state’s Covid-19 testing capacity to 5,000 per day with test results produced in less than 24 hours. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the state’s current daily testing capacity of 2,000 was a constant concern. “We have appealed to Kuala Lumpur […]
Tests available at five clinics on Friday
KUCHING: The State Health Department (JKNS) will provide facilities for Covid-19 testing at five health clinics here starting this Friday (Oct 30). Its director Dr Chin Zin Hing said there had been much demand for such testing facilities from concerned individuals who felt that they may have had contact with positive Covid-19 cases, but they […]
Upgrading testing capacity, contact-tracing team
KUCHING: Sarawak is now upgrading its Covid-19 testing capacity and contact-tracing team to ensure the state is prepared for any eventuality. “At the moment, we are doing about 2,000 (tests) a day, and we hope to increase it to 3,000,” said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas at the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee […]
Chong tests negative
KUCHING: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen announced he was tested Covid-19 negative by State Health Department on Oct 4 upon returning from Kuala Lumpur on Oct 2. With the release of the negative result, the Kota Sentosa assemblyman hoped this would clarify on the smearing and defamatory statement by Sarawak United […]
Govt to bear cost of quarantine, tests for S’wakians
KUCHING: The Sarawak government will bear the cost of quarantine accommodation and Covid-19 testing for Sarawakians returning to the state from overseas, assured Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He said all Sarawakians returning to the state from overseas are required to undergo mandatory 14-day quarantine. Within this period, he said they would […]
Sarawak able to run over 1,500 Covid-19 tests a day
KUCHING: Sarawak has the capacity to run a total of 1,576 Covid-19 tests in a day. In revealing this, Sarawak heath director Dr Chin Zin Hing said as of now, there was no need to fully utilise all available testing facilities. “For our laboratories, we can run up to 1,576 tests at two or three […]
Available at Sibu Hospital
COVID-19 TESTS SIBU: Covid-19 swab tests can now be done at Sibu Hospital following the commissioning of its new monitoring lab. Results of the tests can be made available on the same day instead of 4-5 days previously. The opening of the lab was made possible with donations from Ta Ann Group of Companies which […]
MyEG unveils one-stop portal for Covid-19 test
KUALA LUMPUR: MY E.G. Services Bhd (MyEG) Sunday unveiled its one-stop portal for Covid-19 screening, a service aimed at helping the government to monitor and accelerate the testing of workers in Malaysia. MyEG in a statement today said the initiative, supported by the Human Resources Ministry (HRM), serves as an alternative channel for employers in […]
More Covid-19 test laboratories required
KUCHING: The Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) is appealing to the government to immediately appoint more Covid-19 test laboratories to screen foreign workers throughout the state. It proposed that the state government consider entrusting the task of screening foreign workers to private clinics and hospitals. The association also proposed that the government […]
