Screening centre at stadium to be closed

SIBU: Following the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) in Sibu Division, the Covid-19 screening centre at the Sibu Indoor Stadium will be closed effective Jan 16 in order to prevent the public from gathering. The Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said, however, the drive-through screening centre  at  the Sarawak State Library,  Sibu […]

Drive-through screening centre, latest effort to combat Covid-19 in Sibu

SIBU: The first drive-through Covid-19 screening centre was opened in this town today (Jan 13) to complement the operation of three existing screening centres here. The drive-through screening centre is at the Sarawak State Library building, which is provided free of charge, is opened on Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 4 pm. Sarawak […]

Screening centre at Sibu Indoor Stadium

Sibu Indoor Stadium

KUCHING: The Sibu Division Health Department will be opening a Covid-19 screening centre at the Sibu Indoor Stadium. Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Clarence Ting said the screening centre would start to operate today from 9am to 6pm every day, including weekends, until further notice. “Those who are close contacts to positive cases or feel […]

More Covid-19 test laboratories required

KUCHING: The Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) is appealing to the government to immediately appoint more Covid-19 test laboratories to screen foreign workers throughout the state. It proposed that the state government consider entrusting the task of screening foreign workers to private clinics and hospitals.  The association also proposed that the government […]

Roadshow participants urged to come forward

KUCHING: Those who attended the Sarawak Islamic Council’s Wawasan Ummah Gemilang roadshow at Dewan Suarah, Kota Samarahan on March 10 are urged to be assessed and tested for Covid-19.  Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian shared a notice from the Samarahan Divisional Health Office on its Facebook page which called on […]

New screening centre set up

KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department has moved its Covid-19 screening centre from Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) to a new area here for people wanting to get tested. The screening centre now operates at the State Youth and Sports Complex, Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, located a few blocks away from the hospital, and it aims […]

Uggah visits Covid-19 screening centre

KUCHING: State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas advised those seeking evaluation at the Covid-19 screening centre at the Sarawak Youth and Sports Complex here to show maturity in abiding by the guidelines. “I would like to also advise those going there to practise social distancing and to wear face mask,” he said […]