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9-year-old spreads coronavirus at Bintulu longhouse
94 are found to be infected after tests were ordered for 101 people.
In Sarawak, many Muslims resigned to another ‘pandemic Raya’
They are praying for better days ahead, as three-digit cases in the state persist.
Sarawak scientists detect new Covid-19 variant with ‘immune-escape’ trait
The B.1.1.28.3 lineage can get around vaccine-induced and natural infection protection, say researchers.
Students confined to dorm, boarding houses in Sarawak red zones can leave for home
This follows extension of two-week closure to mid-June.
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Sarawak ministers coy on Khairy’s August state polls date
Govt reps deflect questions, others say August date is probable.
Sarawak power company starts weeding out illegal workers after Covid-19 cluster emerges
Utilities minister says contractors who fail compliance audit will be ‘dealt with severely’.
6 Covid-19 deaths in Sarawak
List of fatalities includes two young men found unconscious at home by families.
SEB, dam contractor to be held accountable for infected illegal workers
Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister James Masing says the companies must provide facilities for them to be quarantined on Baleh site.
Extended holidays will keep red-zone schools shut until June 13
Sarawak minister Michael Manyin says they were supposed to return to class on May 3, at the end of state disaster management committee-imposed infection circuit-breaker.
Shipping firms agree to waive congestion surcharge at Sarawak’s Senari port
Masing says surcharge will raise prices of goods, which will affect the general public.
Rural folk in Sarawak forgotten, bypassed in vaccination drive
Long Semadoh residents do not know how and where to get registered for the jab.
Sarawak extends CMCO for seventh time
Restriction to run until May 10, says state Covid-19 committee.
Two new clusters at Sarawak educational institutions
New sets of infections add to 717 cases reported state-wide in past 24 hours.
Sarawak’s Covid-19 infection rate is 5.33%, not 8.11%, says health director
Chin Zin Hing rebuts claims by Bandar Kuching MP Kelvin Yii.
MoH’s new rule puts jab drive in Sarawak’s rural areas in doubt
Telang Usan assemblyman says it is difficult to get the required number of people for vaccination.
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