Over 20 sign up for vaccine clinical trial
KUCHING: As of Wednesday, 23 individuals have signed over their consent to participate in the Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) and two participants have been administered the vaccine. State Health Department (JKNS) director Dr Chin Zin Hing said the process was still ongoing. “Those who have registered will be contacted, screened, […]
Vaccine dry run only an exercise
KUCHING: No tests were performed on any individual during the Covid-19 vaccine delivery dry run to Belaga Health Clinic on Jan 29, said Sarawak Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing. In a statement today, Dr Chin clarified that the dry run was an exercise that used only a bottle containing saline solution prior to the […]
Sufficient vaccine supply needed for early vaccination
KUCHING: Sufficient supply of cost-effective Covid-19 vaccine is as important as arrangements for early vaccination programmes, said Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) publicity secretary Arthur Wong. “This should be the priority and not the proposed Sarawak-Kalimantan border wall which will take more than 10 years to build and it has nothing to do in containing the […]
Malaysia expects vaccine on Feb 26
KUALA TERENGGANU: Malaysia is expected to receive the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Feb 26, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said that once arrived, the vaccine will be distributed in stages to the states within a week or two. Dr Noor Hisham said this after participating in the […]
Covid-19 vaccine maintained at ultra-cold temperature during test on delivery process
BINTULU: The test on the delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to the Belaga Health Clinic here yesterday went smoothly without any problems, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang. He said the success in maintaining the ultra-cold temperature during the delivery process proved that the vaccine could be delivered anywhere in the country. […]
Smooth trial delivery of vaccine
KAPIT: The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine delivery trial programme to Belaga Health Clinic went on smoothly today. Deputy Minister of Health II Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang said the trial programme was very important before the actual Covid-19 vaccine is received by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and used in vaccination centres throughout Malaysia. “As we all […]
Delivery trial of vaccine to Belaga
KUCHING: The Health Ministry will conduct a pilot logistical trial for safe delivery of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Belaga tomorrow. The main challenge is that the vaccine needs to be kept at minus 70 degrees Celsius or below. Supplied by Pfizer BioNTech, it is based on a novel technology that uses synthetic mRNA […]
Rules on Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial will be strictly followed
KUCHING: State Health Department (JKNS) director Dr Chin Zin Hing has assured that the Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) will be conducted according to protocol and all candidates will be monitored and supervised throughout the trial. He said the trial was being conducted by specialists in SGH with the cooperation of […]
Eight vaccine freezers for Sarawak
KUCHING: Out of the 55 ultra-low temperature freezers that will be purchased by the federal government to store the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine from the United States, eight will go to Sarawak. This was revealed by Sarawak Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing. “Yes. We (Sarawak) are getting eight units,” he told New Sarawak Tribune when […]
Sarawak injects RM405 mln for BKSS 5.0
KUCHING: The Sarawak government has announced the Sarawakku Sayang Special Aid (BKSS) 5.0 package amounting to RM405 million to assist Sarawakians over the next six months. This fifth package is a continuation of the state government’s four BKSS packages totalling RM2.6 billion to ease the burden of Sarawakians since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the state […]
