Published on: Saturday, April 10, 2021
By: Bernama
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TAWAU: The Tawau District Disaster Management Committee has suggested that Tawau Airport be closed temporarily for passenger services to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Its Chairman Arnold Joibi
(pic), who is also Tawau Municipal Council President, said the matter had been proposed to the State Disaster Management Committee and Sabah National Security Council (MKN) recently.
“The daily cases of Covid-19 infection in Tawau are worrying, and that is why we need to address the matter by taking some health safety measures,” he said.
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Tawau recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases at 63 out of the total of 106 cases in Sabah on Thursday.
09 Apr 2021 / 20:36 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
TAWAU: The Tawau District Disaster Management Committee has suggested that Tawau Airport be closed temporarily for passenger services to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Its chairman, Arnold Joibi, who is also the Tawau Municipal Council President, said the matter had been proposed to the State Disaster Management Committee and Sabah National Security Council (MKN) recently.
“The daily cases of Covid-19 infection in Tawau are worrying, and that is why we need to address the matter by taking some health safety measures,” he told Bernama.
Tawau recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases at 63 out of the total of 106 cases in Sabah yesterday.
Published on: Tuesday, March 16, 2021
By: Bernama
Dr G. Navindran (second, left).
TAWAU: A total of 1,200 frontline workers in Tawau will receive their Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine jab from Monday under the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation programme.
Health Officer at the Tawau Health Office, Dr G Navindran, said the vaccination programme for the frontliners would be carried out over a period of three days from Monday.
The doctor, who also received the Covid-19 vaccine jab Monday, advised the public to not be afraid to get the vaccine jab and urged them to register for the vaccination through the MySejahtera application.
Published on: Monday, March 01, 2021
By: Bernama
Pharmacy officers of the Duchess of Kent Hospital carrying the vaccine to the hospital.
SEMPORNA: The Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine has arrived in Semporna and Tawau on Saturday via the land route from Kota Kinabalu to kick-start the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme in the districts next month.
Semporna District Health Officer Dr Shameer Khan Sulaiman said the vaccine would be stored at the Semporna Health Clinic.
“A total of 1,397 frontline personnel will receive their first dose of the vaccine in March,” he said.
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Meanwhile, Tawau Municipal Council President Arnold Joibi said nine locations, including in Kalabakan, have been identified as the vaccination centres for the first phase of the immunisation programme in the district.