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Areas of infection shifting back to rural, says Sarawak minister
The shift is due to the movement of people.
Minister sparks angry backlash after playing down calls for Pandelela datukship
Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah seems to have forgotten diver’s years of dedication to sport, country, say political opponents.
Wan Junaidi aide sues Rewcastle Brown for defamation
Syed Hamzah Syed Paie says Sarawak Report article riddled with inaccuracies.
If Malaysia were a functioning democracy, Hamzah would be forced to quit, says Kit Siang
DAP veteran says on the contrary, the Perikatan government is undemocratic, incompetent and afraid to convene Parliament.
65 childcare centres in red zones get green light to reopen early
Sarawak minister Fatimah Abdullah says this will ease burden faced by frontline workers.
Sarawak youth file judicial review to lower voting age before state polls
Group says Undi18 delay is irrational, illegal, disproportionate and amounts to voter suppression.
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.
