Miri Hospital still probing death of woman after jab

MIRI: The Miri Hospital is still investigating the death of a 57-year-old woman who was reported to have died after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine at the Miri Hospital on June 26. Sarawak Health Department director Datuk Dr Mohamed Sapian Mohamed said the hospital was awaiting further test results. He revealed that a post-mortem was done […]

Get the guts up, take the jab!

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do. – Henry Ford, American industrialist I decided to touch on the Covid-19 vaccination programme this week after I overheard a funny conversation while having breakfast at the mamak’s last […]

RM50,000 fine, 6 months jail for jumping vaccine jab queue

PUTRAJAYA: Individuals who jump queue to receive the Covid-19 vaccine jabs can be fined not more than RM50,000 or jailed not more than six months, or both, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. He said such action could be taken under Section 31, which is a new provision under the Emergency (Prevention and […]

To jab or not to jab?

If we have large segments of the population that say, “Oh I’m not gonna get vaccinated now,” we very well could see on-going transmission that would make it more challenging to get back to that new normal. – Dr Michael Osterholm, American epidemiologist The flickering of the light at the end of the tunnel can […]

Have you registered for the jab?

People are not taking vaccines in the hope that everyone else would be vaccinated and they would be safe.  – Vineet Raj Kapoor, author and poet Have you registered for the Covid-19 vaccination? This is the most commonly asked question Malaysians ask each other ever since the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in Malaysia […]