10 recommendations to empower endemic management system
KUALA LUMPUR: The Parliamentary Select Committee on Health, Science and Innovation has recommended 10 proposals to strengthen the Covid-19 Management System at the endemic level. Its chairman Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen said among the proposals was that the governments increase the budget allocation for the health system to four percent of the country’s Gross […]
Businesses getting back on their feet
BY MAGDALENE ROGERS KUCHING: From country leaders and politicians to Grab and Food Panda small time business owners, coffee shop owners, entertainment outlets and wine and liquor supplier owners, they all faced one very daunting obstacle in their way — the slow economic pace. With the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping across the globe, everyone is feeling […]
Onus on public to protect themselves
KUCHING: While there is no mandate to get everyone vaccinated, the public has to play a role in protecting themselves, their families, and the community through vaccination. In saying this, Tupong assemblyman Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman emphasised that the onus would be on the community, including civil servants, to know what is good for them. “As […]
People have to live with it
KUCHING: Sarawakians should start living with Covid-19 like any other disease as the government has now begun to gradually accept it as endemic. This was clear as the government, though cautiously, has allowed the economy to open, said Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman, Datuk Peter Minos. Minos said the government had put its heart […]
Endemic phase will allow more sectors to reopen
KUCHING: Many have breathed a sigh of relief following the Ministry of Health’s announcement that the Covid-19 virus is now classified as endemic, says Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi. He pointed out that even after two years of battling the virus, the population had always been concerned about its transmission. “Even Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin […]
Doctors agree Malaysians have to live with ‘endemic’ coronavirus
BY AISYAH AZZAHRA SUHIRI KUCHING: Three doctors here echoed Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin’s statement that Malaysians would have to learn to live with the Covid-19 virus as it is reduced to endemic status by end of October. Khairy, in a press conference on Wednesday (Sept 1), also said some states such as Labuan and Sarawak […]
