Lanang MP tested positive for Covid-19
SIBU: Lanang Member of Parliament Alice Lau Kiong Yieng has been tested positive for Covid-19. This was disclosed by Lau in a post on her Facebook account today. “I was tested positive for Covid-19 on May 25 and currently going through quarantine at the designated quarantine centre by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Sibu,” she said, adding that she […]
925 Kuching Polytechnic students return to campus
KUCHING: All 925 Sarawak Kuching Polytechnic (PKS) students will return to campus by registering at PKS residential colleges for today (March 20) and today’s (March 21) admission of Phase 1 of December 2020 Session. PKS director Jamaliah Ahmad said all the students will undergo compulsory quarantine and isolation process first at their respective residential colleges […]
Unimas final year students return to campus
KUCHING: 1,000 Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) students will return to campus for their Semester 2 2020/2021. In a statement, vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Mohamad Kadim Suaidi said 650 students were from Sarawak while 350 were from West Malaysia, Sabah and Labuan. He said two colleges on campus would be used for monitoring and quarantine purposes. […]
KKM to bear all cost of Covid-19 screening, quarantine for returning teachers to Sabah, Sarawak
KUALA LUMPUR: The health ministry (KKM) will fully bear the costs of Covid-19 screening for teachers, lecturers and their family members who are returning to Sabah and Sarawak for duty, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said the costs of quarantine for this group of people who are returning to Sarawak […]
Quarantine a must for returning teachers
KUCHING: All teachers entering Sarawak from Malaya, Sabah or Labuan must undergo 10 days’ quarantine at designated quarantine centres, said Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman said the rT-PCR tests would be taken on the second and eighth day. “They will be discharged on the tenth day if their […]
SDMC makes new ruling on costs, fees
KUCHING: It has been decided that the Sarawak government will pay for the cost of quarantine and the Covid-19 rT-PCR test fees for children aged three and above who were born outside Sarawak. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this was the latest decision made by the state. “This […]
Food aid for 22 households
MUKAH: Some 22 households, whose family members were being quarantined, received food aid from Tellian State constituency Service Centre here today. Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo said the aid was chanelled through three local organisations — Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth Tellian branch, Saberkas Tellian branch, and Mukah Parliament Youth Organisation (PBPM). He added that […]
Sng rejected entry due to omitted application
KUCHING: Julau MP Larry Sng’s rejected entry application into Sarawak, was due to his incomplete reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rT-PCR) test submission. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) acting chairman Tan Sri Datuk Amar James Jemut Masing said the committee wishes to clarify that there was no ill intent to decline Sng’s application to enter Sarawak […]
Being responsible by example
A good example is the best gift you can offer to your children. In your absence, your example is present, which means you are present always! — Israelmore Ayivor, inspirational writer and speaker I read with interest the story of a university student under quarantine, who blatantly ignored the Covid-19 order last week and roamed […]
Quarantined persons not home when checked
KUCHING: Two quarantined persons were not home when their houses in Bau were inspected under the Home Surveillance Order (HSO). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said a police report on one of the men has been lodged and an investigation is underway to track him. Another individual who was ordered to be quarantined at […]
