Go to PPV for your vaccine, teens not in school told
MIRI: Teenagers aged 12 to 15 who are not in school are urged to go to any public vaccination centre (PPV) here to be vaccinated. Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin requested community heads such as Village Heads, Tuai Rumah and Kapitan to identify these children through a form provided to the respective District Offices. […]
Lee goes down to the ground to monitor driving schools
KUCHING: Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin together with several agencies under the Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC) recently visited the E G Driving Academy Sdn Bhd at Miri By-Pass Road yesterday (Sept 26). Previously, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) announced that driving schools could resume operations on Sept 1, in accordance with […]
Some 1,500 students receive Covid-19 vaccine jab
MIRI: About 1,500 students age 16 and 17 years from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Merbau and SMK Lutong received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccines at PPV Curtin here on Saturday (Sept 11). Students with obesity problem or having other medical conditions, were referred to Hospital Miri for their vaccination. Minister for Transport Datuk Lee […]
Ensuring SOPs compliance at driving institutes
MIRI: Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC) minister-in-charge Datuk Lee Kim Shin and his team inspected standard operating procedures (SOPs) compliance at two driving institutes here on Sunday (Sept 5). The team went to Institut Memandu City Miri and Institut Memandu Miri-Subis. Driving institutes were given approval to resume operations on Sept 1; subject to […]
10 active clusters identified in Miri
MIRI: Ten active Covid-19 clusters have been identified in this division so far. In a statement today, the Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC) said they were the Lunyim cluster (186 cases), the Miri Tembok cluster (410), the Lemua Bridge cluster (26), the Mega Suai cluster (244), the Sungai Menok cluster (42), the Jalan Lembah […]
Miri Division has achieved herd immunity
MIRI: Miri Division has achieved herd immunity with 80.28 percent of its eligible population of 311,035 people (18 years old and above) fully vaccinated. This was revealed by minister in charge of the Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC) Datuk Lee Kim Shin on Monday (Aug 16). He said a total of 278,804 people or […]
Vaccination centres to boost inoculation of plantation fraternity
MIRI: The state’s Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) had approved the establishment of five industrial vaccination centres (PPVINs) for the plantation sector in this district. All five PPVINs namely PPVIN SOP Lambir; PPVIN Saremas; PPVIN SOP Tinbarap 5; PPVIN Subis Galasah and PPVIN Woodman Miri have commenced their vaccination drives since July 8. According to […]
Welfare task force to manage food aid
MIRI: A welfare task force has been formed in this district to help manage the distribution of food aid to the needy during the movement control order (MCO). This was told by the minister in charge of Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC), Datuk Lee Kim Shin in a statement on Monday (July 5). “During […]
Vaccination centre for industrial workers being planned
MIRI: The Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC) is planning to set up a vaccination centre for industrial workers in order to ramp up vaccination for the economic frontliners in this district. This was revealed by the minister in charge of the committee Datuk Lee Kim Shin on Monday (June 14) after chairing a Zoom […]
IKBM Miri to start vaccination drive
MIRI: The National Youth Skills Institute Miri (IKBN) vaccination centre (PPV) for the AstraZeneca vaccines will begins its vaccination drive this coming June 7. This was confirmed by minister in charge of Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC) Datuk Lee Kim Shin on Sunday (May 30) after visiting the PPV. IKBM Miri was amongst the […]
