State spends RM6.5 million for PPE
KUCHING: The state government has given RM6.5 million to the State Health Department. In revealing this, State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the allocation is used to purchase additional personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical staff at the front of the Covid-19 pandemic fight. The PPE includes 50,000 units of […]
MASkargo working round-the-clock to deliver medical equipment
KUALA LUMPUR: MAB Kargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo), the cargo arm of Malaysia Airlines, has been working round-the-clock to manage the influx of medical equipment in the nation’s fight against Covid-19. Chief executive officer Ibrahim Mohamed Salleh said the cargo airline is cooperating with the Ministry of Transport (MOT), Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
RMAF ferries medical, health supplies to Sabah, Sarawak
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Air Force today despatched an Airbus A400M to bring much needed medical and health supplies to Sabah and Sarawak for use by frontliners combating the Covid-19 pandemic in the two states. RMAF in a statement here said the giant transport aircraft took off from the Subang airbase near here at 7 am with supplies […]
Perodua donates RM2 mln to fund
KUCHING: Perodua is joining the ongoing war against Covid-19 by contributing RM2 million to the National Disaster Management Agency’s (Nadma) Covid-19 fund. In addition to the cash contribution, Perodua has also donated 150 mattresses, 200 pillows, 105 boxes of mineral water, 15 industrial fans, and 300 pairs of rubber boots to the Sungai Buloh Hospital […]
Miri shelters its homeless community
MIRI: A hall of the Malaysia Red Crescent Miri chapter at Jalan Bulan Sabit here has been transformed into a temporary relief centre to accommodate the city’s homeless population during the movement control order (MCO). A total 15 partition tents are being provided by the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) for the homeless occupying the […]
Food for MCO-affected polytechnic students
MUKAH: Some 600 Politeknik Mukah (PMU) students who have been having problems obtaining food during the movement control order (MCO) period since March 18 finally got their supply yesterday. The students and management of PMU thanked Tellian Constituency Service Centre here, particularly assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo, for his initiative and assistance. The service centre special officer […]
