KUCHING: Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi recently visited a needy senior citizen at Bintawa Hilir here on Monday (Sept 20). The Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) said the Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs and DBKU) contributed a wheelchair to Rapiah Japar who has been suffering from
KUCHING: Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has urged Perikatan Nasional (PN) Sarawak not to split the state up. The Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president said Sarawak PN and other Peninsular-based political parties must learn from Umno in respecting that the state wants to be governed by a local party.
MIRI: The minister in charge of Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) Datuk Lee Kim Shin recently visited the issuance centre for quarantine release letters (Release Orders) and the cutting of the surveillance bracelets at Miri Outdoor Stadium on Monday (Sept 20). Lee who is also the Minister of Transport
KUCHING: A virologist has cautioned the government against across-the-board Covid-19 booster shots for everyone or mandatory third vaccine shots for high risk individuals. Associate Professor in Virology of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Unimas, Dr Tan Cheng Siang, said the best way to determine if an individual required
KUCHING: Datuk Ding Kuong Hiing advised those who have been given the chance to get the booster dose to grab it with both hands. The Meradong assemblyman stated that it is not only going to increase one’s immunity but also enable one to feel confident while carrying out duties. “I
KUCHING: A third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine does not imply that immunisation has been unsuccessful, says Dr Helmy Hazmi. The Associate Professor attached to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak stated that generally waning immunity affected both the mRNA and inactivated vaccines used in
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom has expressed hope that the booster dose would be implemented as soon as possible. The Utilities Minister said this is because it is evident that vaccines can reduce the severity of the coronavirus infections, thus saving lives. “The basis on whether the booster
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah welcomes the government’s decision to start administering Covid-19 vaccine booster shots. However, the Sarawak Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family, and Child Development Minister said the shots should also include others in the population besides frontliners and the elderly. “Research has shown that the span of
KUCHING: A Covid-19 vaccine booster shot will be beneficial, says Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi. The Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs and DBKU) believed that there should be no issue in making the booster shot mandatory. “This is part of the government’s efforts to increase the
KUCHING: Kuching City South Council (MBKS) conducted checks on standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance by eateries following the lifting of the dine-in ban effective Monday (Sept 20). MBKS said mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng and councillors, MBKS officers and MBKS Social Distancing Ambassadors (SDAs) went to ICOM Square along Jalan