Public urged to register for vaccination
ENGKILILI: The public have been advised not to procrastinate in registering themselves for the Covid-19 vaccination. SUPP Engkilili branch exco member Desmond Sateng Sanjan said the government had opened all available channels for the registration process. “So stop procrastinating and get yourselves registered. The vaccine is free for all. “Registration can either be done through […]
Sabah gets first batch of Covid-19 vaccine
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has taken delivery of its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, which was launched on Wednesday (Feb 24). A special aircraft carrying the vaccine landed at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport here at 12.40pm today (Feb 25). Flight TH314, operated by Raya Airways, was flown by Kapten Muhamad Noazli Muhamad Najib, […]
Abang Jo gets the first jab tomorrow
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg will kick-start the state immunisation programme tomorrow. He will be the first person in the state to be injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Petra Jaya Health Clinic here. He is expected to receive the vaccine shot at 3pm. Among those who will receive […]
Vaccine safe for pregnant, breastfeeding mums
KUCHING: There is no reason to think that the vaccine will not protect pregnant and breastfeeding women from Covid-19, said associate professor Dr Helmy Hazmi. The Public Health Physician of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) also pointed out there was no reason to think that the vaccine will have severe side effects on pregnant and breastfeeding […]
Hope gets a boost with 1st batch Covid-19 vaccine
Raya Airways flew in this evening (Feb 24) with the much-anticipated first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, touching down at about 6.30pm. On hand to witness the event were Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian, State Secretary Datuk Amar […]
More vaccine doses on the way
BY CLEMENT ERIK WONG & TANIA LAM KUCHING: Sarawak can look forward to receiving more batches of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the coming weeks. Following the arrival of the first batch of 23,400 vaccine doses today, State Health Director Dr Chin Zin Hing said subsequent batches of the vaccine would be arriving in the […]
Historic moment for Sarawak
BY CLEMENT ERIK WONG & TANIA LAM KUCHING: The arrival of the first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine here was a historic moment for Sarawak today, signalling the potential beginning of the end of the war with Covid-19. The batch of 23,400 vaccine doses landed safely at the Kuching International Airport cargo bay at […]
Taking Covid-19 jab pleasant experience
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today gave his thumbs-up to the Covid-19 vaccination process, after taking his first jab to roll out the national immunisation programme. “I did not feel anything at all. It was all over before I realised it; just like a normal injection. Don’t worry, come forward anytime,” he said […]
MySejahtera enables registration for vaccination
KUCHING: Registration of the Covid-19 vaccine is now available on all devices running on iOS, Android and Huawei’s operating system through the MySejahtera mobile application. The MySejahtera mobile application has been updated with an additional option to allow users to register for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. The latest update started today after Malaysia received its […]
Who are not encouraged to take Covid-19 vaccine?
KUALA LUMPUR: Citizens all over the world, including Malaysians, have been encouraged to take the Covid-19 vaccine to create herd immunity and finally put an end to the pandemic. However, there are exceptions, as some categories of people are not encouraged to take the vaccine shots, while others are totally not allowed to be vaccinated, […]
