KUCHING, Dec 27 — Sarawak entered 2021 with eight Covid-19 cases on the first day, but the daily figure soon rose to 146 in less than two weeks after the New Year.
The programme went on without much of a hitch as eligible Sarawakians were given either the Pfizer-BioNTech, Sinovac or AstraZeneca vaccine. On Oct 13, Health Department Sarawak announced the start of the third-dose and booster vaccination for eligible individuals in Sarawak. On Nov 12, the Health Department said Sarawak would continue using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which had been approved by the Ministry of Health , as the booster dose.
Such Proclamation had prevented the 12th Sarawak election from being held within 60 days from the expiry of the nationwide Emergency, set on Aug 1. Sarawak first detected a Delta variant case on June 18, involving a 56-year-old man whose case was classified as Import B . On June 14, the Covid-19 vaccination centre at Stadium Perpaduan in Petra Jaya experienced a blackout, which had interrupted the immunisation process.
A batch of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines arriving at Kuching International Airport from Belgium on October 11, 2021. — Picture courtesy of Facebook/ Dr Sim Kui HianSince June 7, the PPV BCCK had been administering the first-dose jabs on those who had opted to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine.A screenshot of the CovidNow website shows the data of Covid-19 cases in Sarawak between July and Dec 24, 2021 – the spike on the graph indicates the peak on Sept 12, which recorded 5,291 cases.
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