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35 to benefit from RM4.7 mln Unifor grants

KUCHING: The Unit for Other Religions (Unifor) gave a total of RM4.78 million in grants to 35 non-Islamic religious organisations statewide. “The fund given is to help churches, chapels, and temples in carrying out physical infrastructures, repairs as well as upgrading works,” said its minister in charge Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He added that […]

Stop buying, selling wild boar meat to curb swine fever

KUCHING: The Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) is advising the public against buying and selling wild boar meat or keeping live wild boars to prevent the spread of the African Swine Fever (ASF) disease. Sarawak Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas declared Kapit Division and Telang Usan […]

CanSino vaccine due mid to late July

BAU:The single-dose CanSino vaccine is due to arrive in Sarawak between mid to late July, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah. He added that the state was looking forward to receiving the supplies provided by the federal government in order to speed up the vaccination process, particularly in the rural areas. Asked whether […]

Sarawak wants assessment of movement control based on each district

KUCHING: Sarawak wants the assessment on the transition into Phase Two of the movement control under the National Recovery Plan (NRP) to be based on the Covid-19 situation in the respective districts as Sarawak is a big state, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. “We want to request the federal government to […]

Sarawak expects to get CanSino vaccine by mid-July

KUCHING: Sarawak is expected to get the CanSino Covid-19 vaccine supply by the middle of July, says Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. Uggah, who is also the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman, said Sarawak had earlier requested from the federal government for 650,000 doses of the vaccine which only required one […]

Sri Aman aims to vaccinate over 75k in three phases

SIMANGGANG: The Sri Aman Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force aims to vaccinate some 79,874 people in three phases, with completion scheduled by mid-August. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas commended the task force, which is led by divisional health officer Dr Euphrasia Bari, for its detailed preparations. He was accompanied by Simanggang assemblyman Datuk […]

Beating Covid-19 through vaccination

KUCHING: The Sarawak government wants to win the war against Covid-19 through vaccination. To this end, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas stressed that every Sarawakian aged 18 and above needed to be vaccinated. The Deputy Chief Minister said the Covid-19 immunisation programme was being carried out statewide, with 279 vaccination centres having been set up. […]

Stringent SOPs are to save lives

KUCHING: Because of the increasing Covid-19 cases and now the emergence of new variants of concern (VOCs), it is necessary for the government to come up with very stringent standard operating procedures (SOPs). Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, in explaining this, said that the stringent SOPs were not meant to inconvenience or […]

AstraZeneca vaccine for Sarawakians on voluntary basis

KUCHING: The Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force Sarawak (CITF Sarawak) has decided to allow the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Sarawak on a voluntary, first-come, first-served basis to complement the state’s Covid-19 vaccination rollout plan. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this was after a review and presentation by […]

Two new rabies-infected areas in Sarawak

KUCHING: Two new areas have been declared rabies-infected by the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee. Chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the 68th and 69th location — Pedaan, Baram in Telang Usan, Miri, and Tatau bazaar, Bintulu, respectively — were in the 10km radius of where two stray dogs were caught and their test results […]