Firemen chopper in vaccine to Sarawak's flood-hit interior


KUCHING: Fire and Rescue Department personnel were winched down from a helicopter to deliver Covid-19 vaccines to a flood-hit vaccination centre in the remote Baram area in Sarawak.

State Fire and Rescue Department director Khirudin Drahman said the helicopter was unable to land at Long Jegan due to flooding in the area.

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