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Single-dose is cost effective, efficient

KUCHING: The suggestion for the use of the single-dose CanSino Covid-19 vaccine in rural areas is a good strategy, said Society of Private Medical Practitioners Sarawak (SPMPS) president Dr Liew Shan Fap. He said it is cost effective and efficient. “I strongly support this strategy. Mobilising the vaccination team and transporting the vaccines to rural […]

Include private hospitals, clinics for mass vaccination

KUCHING: Mass vaccination should be done in full force by utilising all the available healthcare facilities, said Dr Liew Shan Fap. The president of the Society of Private Medical Practitioners Sarawak (SPMPS) said currently, the government healthcare facilities are running at full capacity and are doing their best while private hospitals and clinics have not […]

Vaccination reduces severity of infection

KUCHING: While the efficacy of vaccination in preventing the Covid-19 infection ranges from 50 to 95 percent, it does importantly reduce the severity of infection by the virus, said Dr Liew Shan Fap. The Society of Private Medical Practitioner Sarawak (SPMPS) president pointed out that the vaccines approved by Ministry of Health (MOH) are proven […]

Private healthcare workers among early vaccinated

KUCHING: Aside from public healthcare workers, more private healthcare workers have also received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in the state. Society of Private Medical Practitioners Sarawak (SPMPS) president Dr Liew Shan Fap said not only private doctors but other medical healthcare workers, nurses, and other front-line staff that have the risk of […]

Travels involving Singapore, Hong Kong inadvisable

KUCHING: Sarawakians have been urged to postpone their non-essential trips coming in and from Singapore and Hong Kong. Society of Private Medical Practitioners Sarawak (SPMPS) president Dr Liew Shan Fap said this in a statement issued yesterday regarding the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. He noted the increasing number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 infections in […]