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Sibu DDMC proposes mandatory swab testing

SIBU: The Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) is making swab testing mandatory for people who wish to enter the division. According to its coordinator, Dr Annuar Rapaee, however, the proposal was still awaiting approval from the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). “Drastic measures are needed to curb the sudden surge of Covid-19 cases in […]

Mandatory screening extended until Aug 31

KUCHING: The mandatory screening conducted at all of Sarawak’s main entrances has been extended until August 31. State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the admission of all Malaysians from West Malaysia, Sabah, and Labuan entering Sarawak will undergo compulsory screening at all main entrances to Sarawak for the time being. […]

Enact law for mandatory thalassaemia screening before marriage

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Thalassaemia Society (STS) has recommended that the state government enact a special Act for every couple keen to get married to undergo a thalassaemia screening test. Its president Francis Mujim said the test would enable the couple to detect at an early stage if they were carriers or sufferers of the […]