KUCHING: There are at least two separate variants of SARS-COV-2 circulating in Sarawak during this current fourth wave of the pandemic. This has been shown by the investigations done by the Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) pertaining to the virus genetic code from different
KUCHING: Limbang District has turned yellow after recording two local Covid-19 infection cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today said Dalat District has gone from orange to yellow after recording 17 local infection cases in the last fortnight. “Selangau District has turned from red to yellow
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 222 new positive Covid-19 cases today, bringing the state’s tally to 12,273. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 57 of these cases were recorded in Miri District, Sibu (38), Kuching (29), Bintulu (25), Betong (12), Meradong (12), Julau (10), Subis (nine), Kapit (seven), Song (seven), Samarahan
KUCHING: To facilitate the state’s Covid-19 immunisation programme, all Divisional Disaster Management Committees (DDMCs) are actively planning and coordinating the vaccination programme for each division to ensure it is run smoothly. State Health Department (JKNS) director Dr Chin Zin Hing said this involved the registration of people eligible for the
KUCHING: All ketua masyarakat and ketua kampung (KMKK) have been mobilised and empowered to play a role in the war against Covid-19 at the grassroots level. “We do not have enough enforcement officers to cover all villages and longhouses in the state. That is why we empower the KMKK and
KUCHING: The federal government is receptive to the state government’s proposal of vaccinating all people in remote locations at once rather than according to phase criteria in an effort to facilitate vaccination in the state’s interior. In saying this, Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas
KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Women chief Kho Teck Wan has clarified that it was right for SUPP Youth secretary-general to direct local issues at Jalan Selangan Batu in Pending constituency to the attention of the local elected representative rather than the state minister. She said this in response
KUCHING: The ruling by the High Court allowing the use of the word ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims in Malaysia must not be interpreted as a victory by any one person or groups of persons over another, said Bishop of the Anglican Church in Sarawak and Brunei, Right Reverend Datuk Danald Jute.
KUCHING: The districts of Kanowit, Sri Aman and Samarahan have improved from orange to yellow after recording 20, 19, and 11 local infection cases respectively in the last 14 days. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the districts of Serian, Bau, Subis, Julau, Selangau, Betong, Meradong, Kuching, Kapit, Bintulu,
TATAU: A total of 10 Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) projects in Kakus constituency are being implemented, with some already completed. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Native Laws and Customs) Datuk John Sikie Tayai said all the RTP projects were the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) state government’s initiative to
