Latest Covid-19 News

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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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).
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
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.
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.”
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.