Sarawak awaits Putrajaya to speed up delivery of vaccine

KUCHING: Sarawak has forwarded an appeal to Putrajaya to speed up its Covid-19 vaccine supply to the state. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas who is also Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman said he personally forwarded the request to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin during the latter’s visit to the Kuching […]

Still waiting for federal government response on buying own vaccine

KUCHING: Sarawak government is now waiting for a conclusive response from the federal government regarding its plan to procure its own Covid-19 vaccine supply in order to step up its immunisation programme. The state government has already sent a letter to National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin on Mar 18 on the state’s […]

Getting our own vaccine supply

Contingency plan to ensure vaccination programme completes by August as targeted KUCHING: The state is looking into the possibility of purchasing extra Covid-19 vaccines to step up its immunisation programme, said State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. Uggah, who is also deputy chief minister, in revealing this, said the additional […]