Sarawak’s high immunisation rate a tremendous achievement
SARAWAK has achieved a high immunisation rate despite its vast and difficult terrain. Minister for Public Health, Housing and Local Government, Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said this was a tremendous achievement considering over 40 per cent of the state’s population could be found in rural villages and longhouses, and had been fully vaccinated. […]
Booster shots for their own good: Academic
KUCHING: The government’s March 1 deadline for individuals to take the Covid-19 booster shots as a condition for them to be considered fully vaccinated is fair, said an academic. Dr Helmy Hazmi, an Associate Professor attached to Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (UNIMAS) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, said this was in the interest of not […]
School management allowed to check teacher’s vax cert
MELAKA: School administrators have the authority to inspect a teacher’s vaccination certificate beginning on Monday (Nov 1), says Senior Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin. He said the move was to ensure that no teacher fails to adhere to the circular issued by the Public Service Department (PSD) which made it compulsory for civil servants to […]
Abolition of entry requirement welcome news
KUCHING: The abolition of EnterSarawak requirement for fully vaccinated Sarawakians to enter the state is welcome news especially for those who have not returned to their hometown since the Covid-19 outbreak almost two years ago. Assistant Minister of Utilities (Water Supply) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi hoped that the decision would cheer up the community […]
Vaccinated Sarawakians can return home freely
KUCHING: Only Sarawakians with complete vaccination status do not need to apply through EnterSarawak to return to the state. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today (Oct 17) said they would need to fill in the e-Health Declaration Form (eHDF) and do not need to go through Covid-19 swab test. “They still need […]
Continue to be responsible, adhere to SOPs
BY RACHEL MINA KUCHING: Sarawakians are relieved that they can now travel within and across the state. During a public poll conducted by New Sarawak Tribune, the public responded positively to the government’s decision to allow inter-state and inter-district travel, with some expressing gratitude for the ability to resume travel plans that had been put […]
90 percent of State’s population fully vaccinated
KUCHING: Sarawak has fully vaccinated 90 percent of its population aged 18 years and above against Covid-19. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg, in confirming this, said almost 75 percent of teenagers between the age of 12 to 17 years old have gotten their first dose of the vaccines. “As a follow-up measure […]
Kopitiam owners support compulsory vax proposal
KUCHING: Kuching Coffeeshop and Restaurant Owners Association committee member Kapitan Tan Yit Sheng has echoed the Malaysian Employers Federation’s (MEF) suggestion that private sector employers must make it mandatory for employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19. He voiced his support that employees who opted to not get inoculated without any valid reason be terminated from […]
Employees have a choice but better to get vaccinated
KUCHING: Employees have a choice in whether or not they wish to be vaccinated and employers cannot compel employees to be mandatorily vaccinated, but employees are still advised to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak secretary Andrew Lo explained that in the absence of any mandatory legal requirement for the population […]
Make it mandatory for workers to be vaccinated
KUCHING: The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has advised private sector employers to come up with a mandatory requirement for employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19. MEF president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman said if these employees failed to do so without a valid reason, disciplinary action could be taken which may lead to termination. […]
