Latest Covid-19 News
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Dr Chin: Only MyKad needed when going for vaccination
Mar 01, 2021
Sarawakians with history of comorbidity and are eligible to receive their Covid-19 vaccine during Phase 2 of the state’s vaccination programme do not have to bring additional supporting medical documents when they are called for vaccination, said state Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing.
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First arms fair during COVID-19 pandemic in Abu Dhabi
Feb 27, 2021
Stronger than the pandemic, IDEX 2021 is taking place between 21 to 25 February. Some 70,000 visitors and 900 exhibitors are expected. The UAE has signed deals worth US .36 billion. Military spending in the Mideast has dropped by 10 per cent because of the pandemic and the decline in oil prices.
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“Breathe, Peru” campaign ramps up fundraising to help Covid-19 patients
Feb 25, 2021
Donors have come out in strength to support a Church-supported campaign to help guarantee oxygen supplies for hospitals treating Covid-19 patients.
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Biden leads nation in mourning its 500,000 COVID-19 deaths
Feb 25, 2021
President Joe Biden addressed the nation in a speech from the White House Feb. 22, the day the nation reached, and then passed, what he called the “truly grim, heartbreaking milestone” of 500,000 U.S. deaths from COVID-19.
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Archbishop of Cebu tests positive to COVID-19
Feb 24, 2021
Archbishop Jose Palma is in hospital; the auxiliary emeritus too tested positive. The vaccination campaign has not yet started. The Philippine Labor Department wants to trade nurses for vaccine.
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Covid-19: Kuching returns to red zone after 43 local infections recorded in last 2 weeks
Feb 18, 2021
Kuching has turned to a red zone from an orange zone , after recording a total of 43 locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 in the last 14 days, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).
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Pope Francis points way to better times beyond Covid-19
Feb 17, 2021
Pandemic highlights the need for world leaders to focus more on cooperation and people rather than elitism and greed
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Leading airlines commit to humanitarian vaccine transport to lower-income countries
Feb 17, 2021
UNICEF secures the commitment of several international airline companies for the transportation of Covid-19 vaccines, in order to ensure equitable access to nations around the world.
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The Catholic position on covid-19 vaccines10 frequently asked questions
Feb 06, 2021
Catholic teaching protects the good of every life and the health of all and teaches that one must not do harm to another. Therefore, the Catholic position is that vaccinationis a moral goodand the moral principle with regard to vaccinations is that it “depends not only onthe duty to protect one's own health, but also on the duty to pursue the common good.”
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CMCO further extended to 14 February with updated SOPs
Feb 01, 2021
The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) today reported 135 new COVID-19 infections with one fatality in Sarawak.



Sunday Reflection
Second Sunday of Lent: Being Transfigured
Lent is a time for us to take a close look at ourselves and to consider what we have to do to conquer selfishness and sin in our own lives.