Thursday, 17 July 2025

Author: Margaret Ringgit

Vaccines only mid-February

BINTULU: The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in Malaysia in the middle of February, marking a crucial step to vaccinate the population against the pandemic. This was revealed by Deputy Minister of Health Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang today (Jan 30) after witnessing a ‘Dry

Miri Hospital blood bank supply near-critical

MIRI: Fears about Covid-19 has kept people from wanting to donate blood. In the midst of Covid-19 pandemic, Miri Hospital Blood bank is urgently needing supplies to meet the needs of patients. In highlighting this matter yesterday, a transfusion medicine specialist at Miri Hospital blood bank, Dr Norkhazarina Omar asserted

Food supply airlifted to Mulu

MIRI: Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) today arranged for an AgustaWestland (AW189) helicopter to have food supplies and basic necessities delivered to flood victims in Mulu. The aircraft and its crew departed from its air base here at 9am today and landed in Marudi at 9.15am before proceeding to Mulu at

Dennis urges constituents to go for swab test

LONG LAMA: People who went to places that were visited by Covid-19 positive cases are advised to contact the health authorities to undergo swab test. Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau said, this is important to prevent the virus from further spreading. He gave the advice following one positive Covid-19 case

Elderly driver rescued in car plunge

MIRI: Two drivers had a lucky escape after their cars were involved in a collision on Tuesday night nearby the Tamu Luak traffic intersection. In the incident, one of the vehicles turned turtle when landing inside a monsoon drain. Prior to the 7.37pm incident, a car driven by an elderly

Escaped virus patient sparks police manhunt

MIRI: A Covid-19 male patient sparked a police manhunt after he escaped from Miri Hospital on Monday afternoon. The 33-year-old man was finally tracked down and detained in his house at Kampung Madinah Batu Niah on Monday around 10pm, said Miri Police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari. Earlier that day, the

Miri tightens SOP compliance

MIRI: After 21 positive cases were reported in this division on Monday, Miri City Council (MCC) is tightening the standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance enforcement to curb the spread of Covid-19.   Mayor Adam Yii revealed this in a statement today. He said, “Miri is still a red zone with CMCO

Lockdown for oil palm estate in Beluru

MIRI: After two oil palm estates in Suai Niah were placed under lockdown on Monday, an oil palm estate in Beluru is also being placed under a similar ruling today. Two Covid-19 cases were detected, said Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin, who is also minister-in-charge of Miri Division

Three brothers arrested for attacking woman

MIRI: Police arrested three brothers from a wooden house in Tudan Desaras in an operation at 2am on Tuesday (Jan 26). The brothers were alleged to have taken part in an attack on a woman and her child the day before. The woman had lodged a police report on the

Detailed case investigations completed

MIRI: Following an inaccurate statement issued recently in the newspapers regarding 99 confirmed Covid-19 cases of unknown origin in Miri, the Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) revealed that the Miri Division Health Office (DHO) had completed a detailed case investigation of all reported cases and their movements. This was