High vax rate stopped Covid surge Post-Sarawak polls
KUCHING: The Sarawak election, which initially raised concerns of triggering a wave of Covid-19 cases, did not cause a surge. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this was due to the high vaccination rate among Sarawakians. “It was found that there was no spike in Covid-19 cases after the state election, the […]
Proactive measures crucial to curb Omicron threat
KUCHING: The Federal government should increase the public healthcare and genomic surveillance capacity and ramp up COVID-19 vaccination exponentially in order to proactively deal with the Omicron threat. Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii said this is to ensure there would not be an uncontrollable surge to overwhelm the country’s health system again and cause […]
Sarikei yellow, Bukit Mabong orange
KUCHING: Sarikei district has changed from green to yellow zone, while Bukit Mabong district changed from yellow to orange zone today. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said this was due to one locally transmitted case which was reported in Sarikei district within the past 14 days. As for Bukit Mabong, it recorded 27 locally transmitted […]
Re-infection possible but rare, says expert
Covid-19: Facts vs Myths Part 1 KUCHING: Recovered Covid-19 patients are not necessarily immune from the disease, said internal and respiratory medicine expert from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Prof Dr Chai Chee Shee. He said while there were risks that patients could be re-infected, recurring cases, however, were rare. “The reinfection issue among recovered patients […]
One new case
KUCHING: One positive Covid-19 case was detected today, bringing the total number of cases statewide to 608. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the case was a local man who returned from the Philippines. He said the man had worked in Manila, Philippines since last December and returned to […]
