162 people vaccinated at Song Kheng Hai Hawker Centre
KUCHING: The mobile vaccination buses successfully inoculated 162 people at the Song Kheng Hai Hawker Centre. Jong Yean Pin from the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Kuching branch expressed appreciation for the organisers in arranging the service and the volunteers from the village development and security committees (JKKK) Padungan for maintaining the standard operating procedure […]
Mobile vaccination bus at Sibu Central Market this weekend
SIBU: The mobile vaccination bus will stop at the Sibu Central Market this weekend (Aug 7 and 8). According to a statement from the Sibu Health Promotion Unit on Thursday (Aug 5), the bus, which will operate from 9am to 1pm, would also be at the same place next weekend (Aug 14 and 15). “The […]
Good response from foreign workers
SIBU: A mobile vaccination centre located at Lorong 11, Jalan Ding Lik Kong has received encouraging response, especially from foreign workers. Coordinator of the centre, Michael Tiang said 248 vaccine doses had been given to the recipients, mostly foreign workers working in nearby factories and industries. “Previously, we aimed to inject 200 people during the […]
Combat medic team already in Kapit and Limbang Divisions
SIBU: The armed forces’ outreach vaccination programme in support of the Sarawak’s efforts to achieve herd immunity has already covered Long Busang, Sang Anau, Long Unai and Long Singut in the Kapit Division and Buduk Nur, Long Semada and Long Sukang in the Limbang Division. “We also went to Nanga Ngungun and Nanga Jagau in […]
Kanowit now immune with 83.6 percent vax rate
KUCHING: Kanowit district has already achieved herd immunity as more than eighty percent of the eligible population in the district has completed both doses of the Covid-19 vaccination. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said that as of July 29, 21,203 or 86.2 percent of the eligible population in Kanowit district had received […]
Kanowit’s centenarian jabbed for second dose
BY AINI SELIKANG KUCHING: An elderly woman who is believed to be the oldest in Kanowit district has received her second dose of the Covid-19 vaccination at the mobile outreach vaccination centre (PPV) today. Belungung Radin, who is 100 years old from Rumah Mang Kapat, Nanga Jagau received her first dose on July 8. She […]
Interior folk not left out of vaccination programme
KUCHING: Sustained efforts are being made to ensure that people in the interior of the state are not left out of the ongoing vaccination programme. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said at the moment there are more than 7,000 people in the interior of Kanowit, Baram and areas between Limbang and Lawas […]
More in rural areas vaccinated
KUCHING: The mobile vaccination centre (PPV) has reached the rural areas of Sungai Lijan. Mobile PPV coordinator Dr Navin Raj Kathiravelu said residents from Rumah Naing, Rumah Chali, Rumah Changan, Rumah Tangkum, Rumah Unan and Rumah Nanduk were given their second dose of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine. “As a result of these residents getting vaccinated, the […]
Get vaccinated, Sibu folk told
KUCHING: An operation by the Sibu Health Department to ensure that no one is left out from being vaccinated is underway, and no appointment is needed. “Those who have not been vaccinated need only bring their identification card (IC) or, in the case of a foreign worker, their passport (even if the work permit or […]
State Health director visits mobile PPV
SIBU: State Health director Datuk Dr Mohamed Sapian Mohamed paid a visit to the Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Sentosa mobile vaccination centre (PPV) here last Sunday (July 25). Also accompanying him were Sibu Health officer Dr Teh Jo Hun and Sibu Municipal Council Sentosa Zone committee member Nazatusyima Bujang. During the visit, apart from inspecting the […]
