KUCHING, March 6 The Sarawak government has made plans to secure supplies of Pfizer’s Covid-19 drug Paxlovid, says Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. According to him, the Sarawak Covid-19 Advisory Group (Scovag) led by its chairman Datuk Dr Andrew Kiyu, has been in talks with Pfizer.
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A man receives the AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab at Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur May 5, 2021. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUCHING, May 13 The AstraZeneca (AZ) Covid-19 vaccine could yet be an option for Sarawakians as Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian has revealed that the Sarawak Covid-19 Advisory Group (Scovag) will reconsider the state’s initial decision not to accept it.
The State Disaster Management Committee advisor said in a Facebook post that the AZ vaccine, which Sarawak had initially turned away due to public concerns over its side effects, could be rolled out with vaccines purchased by the state government next month.
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IHCM director Prof Dr David Perera said the P.3 variant was found in four samples received from Kuching and four samples from Samarahan. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUCHING, April 30 The Philippine variant or the P.3 variant of the Covid-19 virus have been detected in Sarawak, according to Sarawak Covid-19 Advisory Group (Scovag).
Scovag in a statement today said the variant was detected by the Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) in its genome sequencing analysis last week.
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The Philippine variant, or the P.3 variant, of the Covid-19 virus has been detected in Sarawak, according to the Sarawak Covid-19 Advisory Group (Scovag).
The group in a statement today said the variant was detected by the Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) in its genome sequencing analysis last week.
IHCM director Prof David Perera said.
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