Gifts morale booster for frontliners
MUKAH: A generous community leader has helped to boost the morale of frontliners with gifts in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration. These frontliners who are manning five locations during the current conditional movement control order (CMCO) here received the gifts from Kapitan Kueh Bing Chuan on Sunday (Feb 14) which was also Valentine’s […]
Accelerate vaccine supply and purchase
KUCHING: Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) urges the Sarawak government to accelerate the Covid-19 vaccine supply and purchase. Its central committee publicity secretary, Arthur Wong said waiting for the vaccine and vaccination had become a luxury. He pointed out that Malaysia and Sarawak should not fall prey to the conflict between China and the United States. […]
Behavioural change among public needed to stop virus spread
KUCHING: There is a need for a behavioural change among the public to reduce and prevent Covid-19 transmissions. Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) senior paediatric consultant and epidemiologist Dr Ooi Mong Hoi believed that if everyone was disciplined and observed Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs), the outbreak couldactually be under control. “Take Taiwan or Taipei for […]
Stricter enforcement of MCO 2.0 to contain pandemic
KUCHING: There is a need to have stricter enforcement of the movement control order (MCO) in Sibu town to curb the Covid-19 transmission. KPJ Sibu Specialist Medical Centre orthopaedic surgeon Dr Wong Chya Wei said the situation in Sibu cannot be seen as just involving the Pasai Cluster alone, but it has to be assumed […]
Fight against Covid-19 is everyone’s duty
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) was set up among others to focus on eradicating the virus and not to have any political agenda, said Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. Abdul Karim said that he was puzzled by Sarawak Democratic Action Party (DAP) deputy chairman David Wong’s proposal […]
Contractor commended for workers’ accommodation
KUALA LUMPUR: Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof has commended the accommodation for workers at a construction site in Bukit Bintang here, saying it should be an example for other companies. Fadillah, who recently led an inspection at the construction site found that there are indeed contractor companies such as Kerjaya Prospek (M) Sdn Bhd […]
Public on board with free vaccine
KUCHING: Some 26.5 million Malaysians are expected to receive the free Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the month. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin stated that the vaccine is a crucial in the fight against Covid-19, with the first batches from Pfizer and BioNTech to arrive soon. The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme would be […]
Malaysia has not failed to overcome Covid
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has yet to fail in managing the Covid-19 pandemic, said Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob in addressing allegations of the government’s perceived failure regarding the matter by various parties. The Senior Minister (Security) said although there were those who claimed the country had failed following a spike in cases, with daily infections reaching four-digit figures, the truth was […]
Cluster hospital concept introduced to combat Covid-19 pandemic
KUALA LUMPUR: The use of facilities, expertise, services and human resources of private hospitals, clinics and laboratories by the government has begun to ease the burden placed on the Ministry of Health (MoH) in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the outsourcing and acquisition of healthcare resources was necessary […]
Malaysia’s biggest vaccination effort
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme which is set to roll out at the end of this month is the biggest vaccination effort ever implemented in Malaysia, according to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said 80 percent of the country’s population, or approximately 26.5 million people, are expected to receive the vaccine free […]
