Aid pours in for Labuan vaccination centres
Published on: Saturday, June 12, 2021
By: Bernama
Ansharey (left) receiving the donations from Datuk Chee Chi Nyen (Deevin Development Sdn Bhd).
LABUAN: Local donors and international agencies have continued to extend aid to three quarantine centres in Labuan even as the number of people under quarantine for Covid-19 on the island rises.Labuan Social Welfare Department Director Ansharey Matarsad said it had received 6,500 food baskets, hundreds of boxes of drinking water and an assortment of biscuits.ADVERTISEMENT
“Looking at the upward trend in positive cases here that will reflect the number of people undergoing quarantine, either at quarantine centres or their own homes, we certainly welcome food aid from donors,” he said after receiving contributions in the form of food, electrical appliances and drinking water from Deevin Development Sdn Bhd at Wisma Kebajikan, here, Friday.
Other corporate contributors Friday included China Construction Bank, Yuwang Group, Lions Club of Labuan Mandarin, industry players of Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (IBFC), Alam Hartawan Sdn Bhd, Noblehouse International Trust Ltd, Dorsett Grand Hotel, Labuan Shipyard Engineering Sdn Bhd and Drilling QAQC PTTEP Malaysia.
Labuan has four quarantine centres housing nearly 500 people - at Dewan Serbaguna Perbadanan Labuan, Industrial Training Institute, Bahagian Teknologi Pendidikan Tinggi, Sungai Lada, and Labuan Nucleus Hospital.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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The Social Welfare Department handles the food for the first three centres while that for the Labuan Nucleus Hospital is fully handled by the hospital’s food services unit.ADVERTISEMENT
Ansharey said at least 4,500 food baskets had been distributed to the B40 group so far.