9,500 face masks distributed to frontliners
MIRI: A total of 9,500 pieces of face masks were donated to frontliners in the district who are working to curb the spread of Covid-19 yesterday.Tourism, Arts and Culture Assistant Minister cum Piasau assemblyman Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew, who presented the donation to the groups, said that the masks were contributed by the community […]
Volunteers make PPE for healthcare frontliners
KUCHING: Over 500 Sarawakians across the state have banded together to produce Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for healthcare frontliners. Apart from this, they are also distributing food to needy families during the Covid-19 pandemic and movement control order period. The #JagaSamaDirik volunteers are fabricating 3D printed disposable face shields, head covers, boot covers and coveralls […]
SGH frontliners to get N95 masks
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry will distribute N95 face masks to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), Kuching. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah yesterday said the N95 face masks were specially for health frontliners working closely with positive Covid-19 patients in the ICU wards. “We are aware of the difficulties faced by hospitals in states in […]
Skip red tape when paying frontliners special allowance
KUCHING: The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) Sarawak has opined that if the Covid-19 special allowance for frontliners is paid together with their monthly salaries, bureaucracy can be avoided. Its president, Ahmad Malie, described the bureaucracy process as a complication and unfair for frontliners who have been risking […]
Song relay for Covid-19 frontliners
KUCHING: Kuching South City Council (MBKS) wants to gather several Sarawakian singers to motivate medical frontliners in particular and Kuchingnites in general by singing to them. Mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng said, “It was during a brainstorming session that a different form of singing ensemble would be used and we finally decided on ‘one song-one […]
Pay frontliners’ special allowance together with monthly salaries
KUALA LUMPUR: The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) has suggested that the special allowance for Covid-19 frontliners be paid together with their monthly salaries. Its president Adnan Mat said it was aimed to simplify the payment method without having them to fill out the same form each month, in the process reducing bureaucracy. “Cuepacs […]
A fontliner’s appeal
KUCHING: Even as the nation enters its third phase of the movement control order (MCO) in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, a small number of people continue to flout the decree. Everyday dozens of people are arrested for violating the decree and face charges under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the […]
More ‘drive thru’ screening proposed
KUCHING: Petra Jaya Health Clinic has started a ‘drive thru’ screening and sampling centre specifically for medical or frontline staff. Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii said such facilities would help to ease the testing workload at the Youth and Sports Complex which could then focus on testing the general public. “We were informed by the […]
RMAF aircraft ferry equipment to frontliners in Sabah and Sarawak
KUALA LUMPUR: Two Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) aircraft yesterday flew medical equipment to Sabah and Sarawak for use by frontliners in the fight against Covid-19. RMAF, in a statement, said the medical equipment comprised 2.9 million face masks, 44 boxes of aerosol, additional clinical specimens for the Ministry of Health (MOH) facilities as well as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). “The first […]
Unsold pineapples for frontliners
BETONG: Betong Agriculture Office and Area Farmers Organisation (PPK) Saribas bought 360 unsold pineapples from the Kubal Batu farmers for the frontliners starting at 9am at the State Complex here yesterday. According to Betong Agriculture officer Peter Kang, agricultural produces here (including pineapple) has not been sold since the movement control order (MCO) came into […]
