Frontliners, leaders in Bintulu get first dose of vaccine
BINTULU: Bintulu Resident Jack Aman Luat is the first individual in the division to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Saturday (Mar 6). The first phase of the immunisation programme was conducted in Sri Kenyalang Hall, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Bintulu Campus. The first-phase Covid-19 vaccine recipients also include Bintulu Health Officer Dr Melvin Chung, Bintulu […]
Health inspectors also unsung heroes in Covid-19 battle
KUCHING: When the streets, markets and environment are clean and the community is healthy, one can rest assured that a special workforce, like a “hidden hand”, is active as usual. This manpower comprises the assistant environmental health officers or health inspectors who have emerged as unsung heroes, just like the other frontliners such as the […]
Miri inoculation programme this Saturday
MIRI: Miri district will begin its inoculation programme this Saturday (March 6) by first vaccinating the frontliners. The inoculation programme will begin at 3pm, said Minister in charge of this division’s Disaster Management Committee (MDMC, Datuk Lee Kim Shin on Sunday evening after chairing a meeting via Zoom with committee members of MDMC. The meeting […]
60 get first dose of vaccine in Selangau
BINTULU: The first batch of 60 frontliners in Selangau district has received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Monday (Mar 1). The inoculation exercise under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme was led by Selangau District Officer Inting Nyami. The frontliners who received their first jab today (March 1) comprised healthcare workers, police officers […]
200 frontliners vaccinated at Lanang Health Clinic
SIBU: Over 200 frontliners here were successfully vaccinated at the Lanang Health Clinic on Sunday (Feb 28). Sibu Division Family Health Officer, Dr Debbura Peak Ngaban, who was assigned to coordinate vaccinations at the clinic, said about 80 staff of the Health Ministry (MOH) received their vaccinations while 162 persons from other government agencies were […]
First batch of Labuan hospital frontliners vaccinated
LABUAN: The first batch of 150 frontliners of Labuan Nucleus Hospital received the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine today. The vaccination exercise under the National Immunisation Programme was led by the hospital’s director, Dr Adnan Musa Balidran at the hospital compound and witnessed by Labuan Health director, Dr Ismuni Bohari. “It is our objective […]
Vaccine due in Miri on March 6
MIRI: Local frontliners will be vaccinated in the first phase of the vaccination programme which will start next month, said minister-in-charge of the Miri Disaster Management Committee (DDMC), Datuk Lee Kim Shin on Sunday (Feb 21). He added that the Covid-19 vaccine was expected to arrive in this district on March 6. “Vaccination programme for […]
Reporters also frontliners
KUALA LUMPUR: Several veteran journalists say reporters always have to be at ground zero where the action is and, as such, they can be categorised as frontliners as well. The action may be an event, a natural disaster, a road crash or a shooting incident, and reporting demands going down to the ground to get […]
Malaysia needs one million non-medical volunteers to assist frontliners
KUALA LUMPUR: The country’s efficiency in managing the Covid-19 pandemic continues to be recognised globally and this time through the ranking of the Covid Performance Index by Lowy Institute, a think tank based in Sydney, Australia. According to the findings, Malaysia is in 16th place, ahead of Finland, Norway and South Korea, with an average […]
Remembering crime buster Kulasingam
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. — Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa When I started my life as a rookie reporter 50 years ago, I befriended some of […]
