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Dr Sim hopes vaccination schedule for 12-15-year-olds be replanned

KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian hopes that the Health Department can replan the vaccination schedule so that those aged 12 to 15 can be inoculated as soon as possible. He said according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia, about 192,800 or 6.9 per cent of the state’s […]

Teens aged 16-17 to be fully vaccinated before October

KUCHING: Teenagers aged 16 and 17 in Sarawak are expected to complete both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine before next month. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said Sarawak was on the right track to fully vaccinating those aged 16 and 17 before school reopens early October. On that […]

Tips on how to avoid family clusters

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KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian is concerned over the emergence of family clusters due to the Covid-19 infection. The Local Government and Housing Minister said currently, the number one cluster in Sarawak was the family cluster. He then shared tips on how families and friends could gather […]

Masing concurs with Dr Sim’s assessment of Covid-19 situation

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KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing concurs with the suggestions by Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian on how to live with the coronavirus. “Covid-19 will be part of our lives in the next few years and will eventually evolve to become a […]

New field hospital for Covid patients

KUCHING: A new field hospital to treat Covid-19 patients has been set up at the compound of Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said the setting up of the Covid-19 Accident and Emergency (A&E) field hospital, which took six days to complete, was sponsored by […]

Tests sent to private labs in KL cause of backlog

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KUCHING: The backlog for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in Sarawak was due to the samples being sent to private labs in Kuala Lumpur. Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said that the State Health Department were sending the samples to private labs as per the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) arrangements due to the […]

Hope on medical experts for guidelines for self-testing

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KUCHING: Sarawak is looking towards medical experts to come up with guidelines on Covid-19 self-testing. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian told New Sarawak Tribune via WhatsApp that SDMC is working out the details. Early on, in a Facebook post on Tuesday (Sept 7), he said Sarawak may need […]

Vaccinate as many Sarawakians as possible

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KUCHING: Sarawak should vaccinate as many Sarawakians as possible, including those below 12 years old. In saying this, Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said that those in that age group was equivalent to 20 percent of the state’s population. “The Lancet medical journal in its publication stated that […]

Dr Sim praises teamwork in getting ready PKRCs

KUCHING: As many as 520 beds have been put up at SMK Tabuan Jaya and Dewan Hikmah, which will serve as Covid-19 Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment centres (PKRC). Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian expressed his appreciation to those involved in preparing the PKRCs. “Thank you very much to […]

Category 1, 2 can be home quarantined

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KUCHING: Those who are Covid-19 positive and categorised under Category 1 and Category 2 — having no symptoms and mild symptoms respectively — may be suitable for home quarantine, monitoring and treatment. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said this following medical expert assessment on the matter. “However, this […]