No entry for these foreign travellers
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will not allow entries of all foreign nationals who travelled to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe in the last 14 days to the state. According to its statement on Sunday (Nov 28), this change in the admission procedure is made after reviewing news reports […]
Election SOPs undergoing fine-tuning
KUCHING: Every effort is being taken to come up with the most apt standard operating procedures to meet the challenge of holding the 12th state election under the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic scenario. As such the process is going to take a little time as we have never held an election under similar circumstances, said State […]
Costly air tickets and voters are unrelated
KUCHING: The high prices of flight tickets to Sarawak are not to prevent voters from returning to vote for the upcoming state election. Petra Jaya Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof slammed the statement by some quarters claiming that the phenomenon of costly flight ticket prices to Sarawak was deliberately designed so that those […]
132 Kpg Punau residents receive booster dose
KOTA PADAWAN: Some 132 villagers in Kampung Punau, Padawan have received the Covid-19 booster dose. The vaccination programme was organised by Bunuk Health Clinic for the first phase at Kampung Punau multipurpose hall, on Saturday (Nov 27). Transport Assistant Minister and Mambong incumbent Datuk Dr Jerip Susil was also present to observe the programme while […]
No new virus variant B.1.1.529 detected in Sarawak
KUCHING: There is no new Covid-19 virus variant B.1.1.529 detected in Sarawak thus far, clarified the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). According to the committee, as a measure for the early detection of new variants in the community, laboratories at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) and Clinical Research Center (CRC) Sibu will continue to conduct genomic […]
State records 137 new cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 137 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday (Nov 27), seven cases fewer than the previous day’s 144 cases. This brings the cumulative Covid-19 cases in Sarawak thus far to 250,366 cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 135 of the total number of cases comprised Categories 1 and 2 while two were […]
New cases drop to 171
KUCHING: Covid-19 cases in Sarawak on Thursday (Nov 25) dropped to 171 compared to the previous day’s figure of 192, pushing the cumulative number to 250,085. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in its statement today (Nov 25), said there were 159 categories 1 and 2 cases while 12 were categories 3, 4 and 5 […]
Contact nearest health facility to get new booster shot appointment
KUCHING: The state Health Department has advised those who missed their booster dose appointment to contact public vaccination centres (PPVs), designated private clinics, or any nearest health clinics to get a new appointment date. “New appointment dates will be given according to the available slot vacancies as early as the day recipients contact the relevant […]
Downward trend in Covid-19 cases to 192
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 192 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday (Nov 24), a slight decrease compared to the previous day’s 239 cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 185 of the total number of cases comprised Categories 1 and 2 while seven were of Categories 3, 4 and 5. Kuching accounted for the highest number […]
New cases up by almost 100
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 239 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (Nov 23), almost 100 more cases compared to the previous day’s 147 cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 237 of the total number of cases comprised Categories 1 and 2 while two were of Categories 3, 4 and 5. Kuching accounted for the highest […]
