Threat of virus transmission looms large
KUCHING: The recent Jalan Green, Emperoh Jambu, and Sungai Bakong clusters reflect that Covid-19 is present in the community, says Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. He stressed that this meant everyone needed to apply universal precautions. “The Sungai Bakong Cluster at SMK Meradong was discovered when one of the […]
Sarawak opens registration for free vaccination
KUCHING: Registration is now open to Sarawakians who want to get the free Covid-19 vaccination. “People can now register for the free vaccination through the MySejahtera application on their smartphones,” said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah. He said this after visiting the lockdown operation centres at Kampung Sungai Maong and Taman Univista in […]
Tiong leads RMAF in longhouse relief mission
BINTULU: Two longhouses here had received some food supplies and essentials on Friday, flown in by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) from the Labuan Air Base via helicopter. The longhouses, namely Ugop Umpin longhouse and Saba Mergi longhouse, were cut off from food supply due to the 14-day movement restriction imposed on the residents […]
Sheda welcomes free vaccination
KUCHING: The state government’s aim to vaccinate the population including legal and illegal foreign workers is a good strategy to achieve herd immunity quickly and to save Sarawak from having to lock down its cities and towns again, said Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok. As for who should bear the cost of vaccination for these foreign […]
98 longhouses still under movement restrictions
SIBU: Since January this year, 214 longhouses have been placed under movement control restrictions, Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas revealed. He said the restrictions on 116 longhouses have been lifted after results of the second Covid-19 tests came back negative. “The remaining 98 longhouses are still under movement control […]
No food aid during CMCO
SIBU: No food assistance will be distributed during the implementation of the conditional movement control order (CMCO), said Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He said food assistance would only be distributed to longhouses or settlements under lockdown. “This is because during the CMCO, people can still go out to […]
Food being distributed in stages
SIBU: Food supply continues to be distributed to the residents of flats and housing areas in Town Villa, Sibu Jaya after the enforcement of the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). Social Welfare Office Sibu said the food assistance was distributed in stages since last week with the help of the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM), […]
Four Beluru longhouses still under lockdown
MIRI: Active contact detection (ACD) was carried out in Beluru after Covid-19 cases were reported in the district recently. According to the minister in charge of the Miri Division Disaster Management Committee, Datuk Lee Kim Shin today, 307 swab tests were collected from five localities, namely Rumah Baran; Rumah Hilary Tawan; Rumah Ramba; Kampung Haji Mohd Yusuf […]
RM1.6 mln in food aid for villagers during lockdown
DALAT: Up till Monday, a total of RM1,616,176 was spent on 5,428 food baskets for 2,714 villagers from 603 families and cooked food for frontliners during lockdown in two villages here. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said Mukah Division Community Welfare Department had channelled baskets of dry […]
Two residential areas in Samarahan under EMCO
KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has decided to place Kampung Sungai Maong here and Taman Univista in Samarahan under enhanced movement control order (EMCO). SDMC said that the Emco will be effective from 12:01am on Feb 17 till 11:59pm March 2. “This followed a risk assessment done after the number of Covid-19 positive cases […]
