KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 134 Covid-19 positive cases today, bringing the state’s tally to 7,758 cases. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the state also recorded four Covid-19 related deaths, with two reported in Sibu and one each in Bintulu and Miri. This brought the total number of fatalities in the
KUCHING: The Malaysian Parents Consultative Association (Mapim) Sarawak branch agrees with the latest announcement by the Ministry of Education (MoE) on the reopening of schools by stages beginning next month. Its acting chairman Datuk Rozalix Edi Wahab said however, it hoped that schools in red zones would be temporarily excluded
KUCHING: Dr Lulie Melling is the director of Tropical Peat Research Laboratory (TPRL) Unit in the Chief Minister’s Department of Sarawak. Now the unit has evolved into a full-fledged Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute (Tropi) with its own self-contained complex. The unit’s mission is to develop scientific, technical knowledge and
KUCHING: There is no other place like Sarawak, which has a strong unity and harmony among its multiracial and multicultural society. Best part of Sarawak is that every festive celebration is for all, including the Chinese New Year (CNY). Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit and when there was no restriction
KUCHING: Sibu Hospital currently has a Covid-19 testing capacity of 500 tests per day, said Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Bawang Assan branch chairman Senator Robert Lau. He said the hospital is still short of conducting the remaining 800 test, and thus, the samples have to be sent to Kuching
KUCHING: Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii disagrees with the recent federal government’s decision that ministers returning from official trips abroad are now exempted from 10 days of observation or home surveillance. He questioned the double standard policy in a Facebook post today. “The Perikatan Nasional (PN) government declared an
SARATOK: Saratok MP Ali Biju through the Saratok Service Centre has handed over food baskets to residents of Rumah Sidah in Sungai Brangan which is currently undergoing quarantine for 14 days effective Feb 7 following a Covid-19 positive case that was detected from the longhouse. Saratok District Health director Dr
SARATOK: Rumah Desmond Sungan, in Kamidan Jaya here, will be placed under lockdown following one Covid-19 positive case involving a resident of the longhouse. Saratok MP Ali Biju said the longhouse will be locked down for the purpose of carrying out active case detection (ACD) which will be done by
KUCHING: The Covid-19 cases reported in the past few days are not linked to the Pasai Cluster anymore, but were from Sibu town. Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) senior paediatric consultant and epidemiologist Dr Ooi Mong Hoi said what worried him is that from the cases reported from Sibu town, they
KUCHING: There is a need for a behavioural change among the public to reduce and prevent Covid-19 transmissions. Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) senior paediatric consultant and epidemiologist Dr Ooi Mong Hoi believed that if everyone was disciplined and observed Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs), the outbreak couldactually be under control.
