KOTA KINABALU: The authorities have dispelled the authenticity of a message claiming that the Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus has been detected in Telipok, not far from the state capital.
State Health Department director Datuk Dr Christina Rundi dismissed it as “fake news” when asked about the message that was circulating on social media.
In the message, the unknown sender cautioned everyone against the Delta variant and claimed that it had been detected at Taman Wangsa, Telipok.
The sender added that Taman Wangsa was under the enhanced movement control order because of the presence of the variant first detected in India.
KOTA KINABALU: The vaccination programme in flood affected areas in Sabah namely Tenom and Beaufort is temporarily halted until the situation returns to normal, says the state Health Department.
Department director Datuk Dr Christina Rundi said however in areas where it is still accessible, vaccinations would continue.
But she did not give details as to where and how many areas are affected; and how many people will have to postpone their vaccination.
It is learnt that vaccination arrangements and assessments are made each day to accommodate the latest flood situation in the affected districts.
As of noon Saturday (May 22), there were three active evacuation centres in Beaufort and 35 in Tenom district.
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Health Department has denied claims that unused Covid-19 vaccines are being thrown away.
Department director Datuk Dr Christina Rundi said there was no truth at all to such talk of unused vaccines being thrown away or wasted.
Dr Rundi said in a statement on Thursday (May 20) that such claims only interfered with the implementation of the National Covid-19 Immunisation programme in the state.
She was responding to Api Api assemblyman Datuk Christina Liew s call to the department to investigate public chatter about claims that unused vaccines were being thrown away at dispensing centres.
Dr Rundi said that at the moment Sabah was using the Pfizer and Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines which need to stored at a certain temperature.
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