210,600 booster doses from Belgium arrives in Kuching
KUCHING: As many as 210,600 Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines have arrived in the city and will be used as booster doses in Sarawak. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said that the vaccines for booster shots arrived at the Kuching International Airport (KIA) on Sunday (Oct 10) evening. “Last Friday, […]
Lack of trash bins at park surprises Dr Sim
KUCHING: While checking on Phase 1 and 2 of the Batu Kawa Riverbank Park project recently, Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian was surprised to find there were no trash bins around. “The landscape architect told me that this is a new concept. Everyone is responsible to take away their […]
Booster shot for high-risk groups next week
KUCHING: Sarawak will begin administering the Covid-19 booster dose to high-risk individuals starting next week. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said that the medical experts were now finalising the details on whether to use the Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech) or Sinovac vaccines. “We will start next week using either Pfizer […]
Public need to practise self-care
KUCHING: No country in the world can have a successful medical programme, says Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian — if its citizens do not take responsibility for their own health. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor stressed that Covid-19 was no exception. “Our local medical experts, similar to Singapore and the United Kingdom’s, […]
Dr Sim hopes vaccination schedule for 12-15-year-olds be replanned
KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian hopes that the Health Department can replan the vaccination schedule so that those aged 12 to 15 can be inoculated as soon as possible. He said according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia, about 192,800 or 6.9 per cent of the state’s […]
Teens aged 16-17 to be fully vaccinated before October
KUCHING: Teenagers aged 16 and 17 in Sarawak are expected to complete both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine before next month. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said Sarawak was on the right track to fully vaccinating those aged 16 and 17 before school reopens early October. On that […]
Tips on how to avoid family clusters
KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian is concerned over the emergence of family clusters due to the Covid-19 infection. The Local Government and Housing Minister said currently, the number one cluster in Sarawak was the family cluster. He then shared tips on how families and friends could gather […]
Masing concurs with Dr Sim’s assessment of Covid-19 situation
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing concurs with the suggestions by Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian on how to live with the coronavirus. “Covid-19 will be part of our lives in the next few years and will eventually evolve to become a […]
New field hospital for Covid patients
KUCHING: A new field hospital to treat Covid-19 patients has been set up at the compound of Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said the setting up of the Covid-19 Accident and Emergency (A&E) field hospital, which took six days to complete, was sponsored by […]
Tests sent to private labs in KL cause of backlog
KUCHING: The backlog for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in Sarawak was due to the samples being sent to private labs in Kuala Lumpur. Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said that the State Health Department were sending the samples to private labs as per the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) arrangements due to the […]
