District offices to fill in ‘telephone’ gaps

KUCHING: Those who have trouble registering for Covid-19 vaccination due to not having a telephone can use the number of their respective district offices. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said the state government had discussed with Coordinating Minister for National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin on some cases of eligible recipients not having […]

What’s the status of their registration?

MUKAH: Some people here who have registered for the Covid-19 vaccination are wondering why they have not received any news about the result of their registration. They claimed that they received no news so far, let alone to get the first jab of the vaccine. A few of them expressed and shared their mixed feelings […]

Many still not responding to vaccination dates

KUCHING: More than half of 31,766 individuals that have been given the vaccination dates under Phase Two of the vaccination programme did not respond to the appointment dates, says Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii. He said this was concerning because they were the ones that are the priority for the programme, and in some […]

Outreach programme to boost jab registration

KUCHING: The Puncak Borneo Parliamentary Service Centre is carrying out a Covid-19 vaccine registration outreach programme to assist more people to register for the vaccination in the constituency. MP Puncak Borneo Datuk Willie Mongin said that his service centre had distributed the Covid-19 vaccine registration forms through its community leaders (ketua masyarakat and ketua kampung) […]

Priorities of state, federal government

LAWAS: The well-being and security of the people during this Covid-19 pandemic are the priorities of the state and federal governments. “All government initiatives and efforts are to ensure that the people will not be too affected during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) which is to curb the spread of Covid-19. “The public are […]

1.23 mln registered for vaccination

BETONG: As of April 2, 1.23 million people in the state who are eligible to receive the vaccination have been registered. According to Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, most of them registered manually. About 650,000 registered through the MySejahtera application and the government will ensure that more people do so,” he added. […]

PH Sarawak worried about low Covid-19 vaccination registration

KUCHING: Pakatan Harapan (PH) has expressed concern about the low vaccine acceptance and registration level as well as the increasing new Covid-19 infection cases in Sarawak. PH Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen said that as of April 1, only 48,078 persons in Sarawak had received their first dose of vaccine, out of which 25,287 had received their […]

Awareness programme to boost jab registration

SERIAN: An awareness programme was held and a walkabout survey was conducted in the division to encourage the public to register for the Covid-19 vaccination. Bukit Semuja assemblyman John Ilus said the initiative was held together with the State Information Department (Japen) to raise awareness of the vaccine importance and that individuals should register for […]

The elderly needs help to register

KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) is hoping that individuals who have yet to register for the Covid-19 vaccination would come forward and approach its registration counter to do so. Its chairman Lo Khere Chiang also encouraged those who are tech-savvy to help the elderly with the registration process. “This morning, I asked around and found […]

Counters set to help jab registration

MIRI: Miri City Council (MCC) is setting up counters at Riam Tamu as a step in assisting the public to register for the Covid-19 vaccination programme. Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin who is also minister in-charge of this division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) when visiting the location yesterday, urged the public to register […]