KUCHING: Those under quarantine at the designated centres in the state can call the government or non-governmental organisation’s (NGO) Covid-19 support helplines if they feel they cannot cope with being quarantined. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this in response to a
KUCHING: Six hundred and forty-six sets of personal protection equipment (PPE) have been sewn by members of the State Women and Family Department’s sewing class for medical frontliners combating Covid-19. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the completed PPE consisted of isolation
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg is expected to reveal the state’s economic strategy post Covid-19 up to the year 2030, today. He will be addressing this matter with the media in a special press conference at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here at 12pm. During the RTM’s ‘Bicara
KUCHING: The Sarawak government continues to provide resting areas for the medical frontliners at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) during the movement control order (MCO) period. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women and Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the the resting areas were needed as the frontliners,
KUCHING: Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) agreed that Sarawakians abroad should not return to the state for festivals such as Gawai Dayak. Its president Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom said this in response to the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) Sarawak Branch which advised Sarawakians not to go back first due
KUCHING: No Covid-19 positive case was reported in Sarawak yesterday, the first time since the disease was detected in the state in mid-March. The total number of positive cases to date remains at 523. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said there were 19 recoveries and they have been discharged
KUCHING: Serba Dinamik Holding Berhad is optimistic that by June the Covid-19 situation will improve in state and the country. Its group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Dr Ir Mohd Abdul Karim said, he hoped by then the company’s projects that have been temporary put on hold due
KUCHING: A new Covid-19 cluster has been identified at Taman BDC here, says Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said the cluster involved 37 cases and was linked to the Sri Petaling Tabligh gathering index cases. “The Taman BDC cluster has mainly infected the family members, mosque-goers and
KUCHING: Banks must act swiftly upon receiving tip-offs from the public in order to prevent any more attempted scams. Movement for Change Sarawak (MOCS) chairman Francis Paul Siah said he had contacted the fraud department of a banking company on May 1 concerning an individual claiming to be a student
KUCHING: The Advocates Association of Sarawak (AAS) wonders whether or not the federally issued movement control order (MCO) enforced by the state and the control measures of the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) have been gazetted as orders as required by Section 15 of the state’s Protection of Public Health